Taxpayers are covering the six-figure salaries of at least 10 Justice Department lawyers and paralegals that are working on defenses of President Trump's private businesses, USA Today reports. Government lawyers are working on four lawsuits and making the case that it is not unconstitutional for Trump's businesses to earn money from foreign officials or governments while he is in the White House. "We've never before had a president who was branded and it’s impossible to divorce from that brand," argued Stuart Gerson, who served in the Justice Department under former Presidents George H.W.