# 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:** 129
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 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-15-2024/969329/2561 "2022-09-07T02:19:52Z")
> “I can’t believe we’re still talking about this, but my emails…” Clinton said in a [Twitter thread](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1567164268172173315?s=20&t=o2fE0I1FzrFPcyB0AtQL6g), referring to scrutiny she has faced since her 2016 presidential bid, when then-candidate Trump and other Republicans made it a focus of their campaign against her. > > “[Former FBI Director James] Comey admitted he was wrong after he claimed I had classified emails. Trump’s own State Department, under two different Secretaries, found I had no classified emails. That’s right: ZERO,” Clinton wrote. > > “By contrast, Trump has hundreds of documents clearly marked classified, and the investigation just started,” Clinton wrote. > **[Hillary Clinton hits back against comparisons to Trump’s handling of...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/hillary-clinton-hits-back-against-182503439.html)** > > Hillary Clinton on Tuesday hit back at comparisons between her use of a private email server while secretary of State and former President Trump’s handling of classified documents found when the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago residence last month. “I... ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2562 "2022-09-07T02:31:42Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > And I suspect her career as a jurist has already been badly tainted by this ruling. 'Twould be a silver lining indeed should the Federalist Society be tainted by association. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2563 "2022-09-07T02:47:48Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > 'Twould be a silver lining indeed should the Federalist Society be tainted by association. - Any American who gives a shit about ongoing democracy in this country had better keep the Federalist Society and their plutocratic goals firmly in mind for every vote they cast going forward. Every. Single. One. Learn who they are. Learn who supports them, wittingly and unwittingly, in Congress and in government at all levels. Learn which judges have been championed by them. And get rid of all these people in any legal way possible. That’s _my_ plan, anyway. ---
**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 7, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2564 "2022-09-07T03:57:30Z")
From the WaPo article: > Some of the seized documents detail top-secret U.S. operations so closely guarded that many senior national security officials are kept in the dark about them. Only the president, some members of his Cabinet or a near-Cabinet-level official could authorize other government officials to know details of these special-access programs, according to people familiar with the search, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe sensitive details of an ongoing investigation. > Documents about such highly classified operations require special clearances on a need-to-know basis, not just top-secret clearance. Some special-access programs can have as few as a couple dozen government personnel authorized to know of an operation’s existence. Records that deal with such programs are kept under lock and key, almost always in a secure compartmented information facility, with a designated control officer to keep careful tabs on their location. Going to be a bit difficult to find a lawyer with the required clearance to act as a special master… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2565 "2022-09-07T04:27:14Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > And I suspect her career as a jurist has already been badly tainted by this ruling. 🎶 _This tainted judge you’ve given_ _Disgraces everything she touches_ _Shits on justice and that’s not nearly all_ _Tainted judge_ _Tainted judge_ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2566 "2022-09-07T08:33:34Z")
What is the timeline for an appeal of Cannon’s ‘special master’ decision? The DOJ should have had the paperwork ready to file immediately. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2567 "2022-09-07T09:48:21Z")
We are getting to the point where _not_ arresting Trump will have an adverse impact on our diplomatic relations. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2568 "2022-09-07T11:16:27Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > The date on one of the documents was the day after Trump backed out of the Iran deal. Looks like the FBI left that out there in the photos as an Easter egg. I called it when I saw it. Nice work. I remember you noting that. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2569 "2022-09-07T11:20:31Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Going to be a bit difficult to find a lawyer with the required clearance to act as a special master… Hmm. We need a lawyer who has likely seen many of those documents, or at least information much like it. Who could we call? [![](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2012/11/02/10/tumblr_mcu55xgkas1rk5d6vo1_.jpg) ](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2012/11/02/10/tumblr_mcu55xgkas1rk5d6vo1_.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2570 "2022-09-07T11:22:33Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > > > Going to be a bit difficult to find a lawyer with the required clearance to act as a special master… > > Hmm. We need a lawyer who has likely seen many of those documents, or at least information much like it. Who could we call? > > [https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2012/11/02/10/tumblr\_mcu55xgkas1rk5d6vo1\_.jpg](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2012/11/02/10/tumblr_mcu55xgkas1rk5d6vo1_.jpg) - Trumpbusters! ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2571 "2022-09-07T11:25:08Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > According to the Washington Post, extremely high level material on the nuclear capabilities of art least one foreign nation were among the documents recovered at Mar-a-lago. How trustworthy is the source for this info? (paywalled) ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2572 "2022-09-07T11:39:14Z")
I wonder if Trump is still claiming he declassified that. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2573 "2022-09-07T11:49:21Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > How trustworthy is the source for this info? Lol, it’s the DOJ, so I’m sure pretty trustworthy. And, yes, I am saying that this is a purposeful DOJ leak. I have nothing to base this on other than I don’t really believe in coincidences like this. The timing of the release of _this_ information coming just a day after the ruling which halted the investigation? Lol. This has ‘intentional leak’ all over it. ---
**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 7, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2574 "2022-09-07T12:28:40Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Let’s see if I can guess the short list of special masters proposed by Trump’s Team > Giuliana (mentioned) > Michael Flynn > Mike Lindell > Jared and/or Ivanka > Trump himself > Hannity > Alex Jones > Jim Jordan > > 10 points for each correct one. > [@MikeF](#): > > What? No Cruz or Nunes? > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Oh, feel free to add to the list. This guy [![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m786wyuQnK1qcwhkeo1_400.gifv) ](https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m786wyuQnK1qcwhkeo1_400.gifv) ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2575 "2022-09-07T12:31:04Z")
But is he really special? I mean, sure, he thinks is, but do we want to feed into his egotism? ---
**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 7, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2576 "2022-09-07T12:33:43Z")
Well, he has experience as adjudicator. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2577 "2022-09-07T15:19:27Z")
Why hasn’t this been bigger news? I don’t see it mentioned on AP or NPR or on the international websites like the BBC ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2578 "2022-09-07T15:22:07Z")
HAHA! That’s brilliant! Thanks for making my morning. I was sitting here with a miserable cold, doomscrolling through this mess and up pops your post. ---
**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 7, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2579 "2022-09-07T16:00:45Z")
> [@Palo\_Verde](#): > > Why hasn’t this been bigger news? I don’t see it mentioned on AP or NPR or on the international websites like the BBC Why hasn’t **WHAT** been bigger news? The special master? What did I miss? ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/2580 "2022-09-07T16:02:54Z")
According to the Washington Post, extremely high level material on the nuclear capabilities of art least one foreign nation were among the documents recovered at Mar-a-lago. [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=128) [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=130)