April 15, 2026

In a glorious exercise in taxpayer-funded circle management, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is reportedly asking the Justice Department to cover his legal bills from the many investigations orbiting the Trump universe, right as the department is already busy juggling money demands from Trump himself and even some pardoned Jan. 6 rioters, who apparently believe the police should now compensate them for the inconvenience of being arrested. It’s a buffet of grievance with everyone bringing their own empty plate: Trump wants billions over leaked tax returns, his lawyers want $230 million more, and Meadows says he was merely doing official chief-of-staff things while, according to congressional reports, pressing the Justice Department to chase conspiracy theories and helping amplify the legendary request for Georgia to “find” 11,000 votes. Naturally, Meadows denies wrongdoing, because in Washington the standard defense is always to insist you were just faithfully performing your duties while standing in the middle of a fire you helped start.

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