This is definitely messy: those claims would almost certainly have been thrown out in a fair DOJ because the FTCA specifically excludes claims over discretionar

This is definitely messy: those claims would almost certainly have been thrown out in a fair DOJ because the FTCA specifically excludes claims over discretionary or policy actions, but the DOJ also had a policy of pausing civil claims while criminal proceedings were open for the same issue. Trump's Judge Cannon was successfully able to stall the criminal case until he was re-elected, at which point the DOJ dropped it due to the policy of not investigating a sitting president. This means that the claims are now being decided by people who report to his personal defense attorney in the case and know that their jobs are on the line if they do not decide in his favor. I don't think we've ever seen a case this corrupt at this level in the United States before.