# FBI Search and Seizure at Trump's Mar-A-Lago Residence, August 8, 2022, Case Dismissed July 15, 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [August 8, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329 "2022-08-08T23:18:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 118
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2341 "2022-09-03T19:47:31Z")
That bar will probably be the closest thing to a presidential library that Trump will ever have. No I’m not counting the [virtual one](https://djtrumplibrary.com/). ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2342 "2022-09-03T20:52:20Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > So far he is only under investigation and even if he was charged, does any country keep you out if you haven’t been convicted of a felony? Yes. “Undesirables” and even friendly Canada wont let people convicted of Drunk driving in, which is generally not a felony. Some nations have refused an Ambassador, or even licked one out. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2343 "2022-09-03T20:54:59Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Some nations have refused an Ambassador, or even licked one out. I believe that’s what the French do. You don’t want to know what they do in Greece. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2344 "2022-09-03T20:56:04Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > even friendly Canada wont let people convicted of Drunk driving in, which is generally not a felony We don’t use the concept of a felony. The question is whether someone has been convicted of an offence which in Canada is an offence under the Criminal Code. If so, they have trouble coming to Canada. There’s other details, but that’s the main bit. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2345 "2022-09-03T22:35:48Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > No I’m not counting the [virtual one](https://djtrumplibrary.com/) Someone on Truth Social needs to post that link. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2346 "2022-09-04T00:04:03Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > That bar will probably be the closest thing to a presidential library that Trump will ever have. No I’m not counting the [virtual one](https://djtrumplibrary.com/). A tacky museum devoted to himself that he can use to launder money? Frankly it’s a little weird Trump didn’t set one up while still in office. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2347 "2022-09-04T00:16:05Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > A tacky museum Wouldn’t make a million a day. > **[Trump used the Mar-a-Lago raid to fire up supporters, raising up to $1 million...](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-raised-million-a-day-fbi-raid-mar-a-lago-2022-8)** > > The former president's fundraising team inundated supporters with emails, seeking donations in light of the FBI search of Trump's residence in Palm Beach, Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2348 "2022-09-04T00:38:32Z")
The more Trump drains the rubes of cash, the less there is for the Republican Party for the upcoming midterms. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2349 "2022-09-04T00:52:52Z")
This! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4sjpVVE-hKE/maxresdefault.jpg "With Top Secret documents found at, & classified documents missing from, Mar-a-Lago, DOJ must act") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sjpVVE-hKE) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2350 "2022-09-04T02:02:55Z")
Just scroll through this and look at the pictures… where’s Waldo? (Gift Link) > **[What the F.B.I. Seized From Mar-a-Lago, Illustrated](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/09/03/us/fbi-mar-a-lago-documents.html?unlocked_article_code=h185AyIfrsDybPgSayM-K_i_QCus1IKBh9g2DikUfjpUB17lz4xHoPeqCw4jcieXOKHHWZ1lGmE6WJ4LpD3iUpPQVnVzahYmD6cDbel8aIaR8LwmkNQ2FZKgSX2MJHONSVuRAwqvwN60qUbJ74vXl0NrJ8B0jfGdwN5jZ3zSyNCYpw-QK_w4KU9aoTO7mmlAzBIZ_KWbs28SHjvW-CgL7eKWsKtPNoHhc1pRaZu4JFxdhMM1zF3CQaPlOcvJ2ANeZie9qqC_rcZxsvEJ-n5iDOK_S0H2-5LqM0Y8WfI2QbU9iop2kzPkUqtGn6tRpWq-SsyZGegmoZ3JvBDPjeF13IQ6tR7mxVAPD8mYrgk&smid=share-url)** > > An inventory of the materials taken from former President Donald J. Trump’s Florida home and private club in an Aug. 8 search includes dozens of documents with classified, secret or top secret markings and thousands more without. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2351 "2022-09-04T02:07:44Z")
Wow. Gross. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2352 "2022-09-04T02:19:23Z")
I was astounded to find, among the list of seized items, the following totally unexpected item: - 1 book There might be more to TFG’s intellectual depth than anyone had imagined – perhaps even the ability to read – though perhaps it was a colouring book. Somewhere in the list there is probably also “1 box crayons”. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2353 "2022-09-04T02:30:17Z")
Nah, it was an autographed copy of “Art of the Deal” to give to someone. He’s never actually read it. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2354 "2022-09-04T04:29:13Z")
So I summoned up my inner masochist, and went to [OANN.com](http://OANN.com) the other morning. Nowhere on their front page was there even a hint of any trouble for Trump. No references at all to Mar-a-Lago, or the search, or anything. They’re pretending that it never happened. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2355 "2022-09-04T10:48:35Z")
Someone needs to do a Backrooms parody of that place with a huge Trump chasing you. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2356 "2022-09-04T11:38:53Z")
Do we know anything about “item of clothing” that appears numerous times on the list? I’m guessing MAGA hat, but do we know? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2357 "2022-09-04T12:21:04Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Somewhere in the list there is probably also “1 box crayons”. Not just “crayons,” but _box of 10,000 of the best crayons in every color ~~of the rainbow~~ _. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2358 "2022-09-04T12:22:57Z")
There was a raincoat mentioned somewhere; could that be it? ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2359 "2022-09-04T12:29:53Z")
Melania’s I don’t care raincoat? Because that would just be too good showing up in court next to classified documents. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2360 "2022-09-04T13:24:18Z")
Sorry if I missed this elsewhere (it’s a huge thread): WHY did DOJ want to get the documents back? 1. Because they think/hope these are the only copies Trump had, so getting them back eliminates future risk. 2. Because these were the only copies the government had, so we’re flying somewhat blind in several areas without them. 3. As evidence of a crime, to convict him and/or block a further presidency. 4. Because they are trying to understand what our enemies are doing, and so want to see if these documents could explain what our enemies may have heard. 5. To uphold the law, especially as a deterrent for future rogue politicians. Or something else? Thanks! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329.md?page=117) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329.md?page=119)