Who?
Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) — Member, Senate Ethics and Appropriations Committees
LISTEN: Laslo & Fischer
Ask a Pol asks:
What do you make of President Donald Trump saying the US government owes him $230 million because of past Department of Justice prosecutions of him?
Key Fischer:
“Don’t know,” Sen. Deb Fischer exclusively tells Ask a Pol Politics. “I’m serious. I’m not focused on that.”
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Caught our ear:
“You always ask me questions I really don’t care about,” Fischer tells us.
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Deb Fischer (10-23-2025)
SCENE: Sen. Deb Fischer’s walking from the underground Senate trams to a bank of elevators underneath the US Senate floor when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo snags this quick interview with Nebraska’s senior US Senator.
Matt Laslo: “What do you make of President Trump saying the US government owes him a couple hundred million dollars because of these past prosecutions?”
Deb Fischer: “I don’t know.”
ML: “No?”
DF: “Not focused on that.”
ML: “But, I mean, it’s — that’s a lot of money?”
DF: “Don’t know.”
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ML: “Do you think the president should have that control…?”
DF: “I’m serious. I’m not focused on that.”
ML: “Yeah? Fair.”
DF: “You always ask me questions I really don’t care about.”
They laugh.
ML: “Someone’s got to.”
DF: “It’s your job!”
Laslo laughs.
ML: “Thank you, ma’am.”
Senator Fischer hops a Senators Only elevator up to the Senate floor to vote.
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