I think he brought it up so he could clear her of it. And to Show her she owes him something for helping to clear her.He isn’t the sharpest tool in shed.
Yeah, I'm sure that's in there too.
Also he thought it wouldn't really matter because she was going to win the election, and he'd join all the other people who thought they were owed something because they helped carry her over the finish line.
She might have given each of them something. She also might have had some of them thrown in ADX, or taken out in a field somewhere and shot.