# 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:** 209
**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:** [December 7, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/4161 "2022-12-07T21:00:00Z")
Thanks to those who got the thread back on track. I’ve been appalled and frightened about the status of our national security since before Trump took office. When he admitted Lavrov and Kislyak to the Oval Office in May of 2017, I knew our national security goose was cooked. > **[Reports: Trump Gave Classified Info To Russians During White House Visit](https://www.npr.org/2017/05/15/528511980/report-trump-gave-classified-information-to-russians-during-white-house-visit)** > > The Washington Post reported that the president revealed "highly classified information" to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador, possibly jeopardizing future intelligence gathering on ISIS. Trump has now had nearly 7 years to compromise our most sensitive national intelligence by sharing it around to Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Hungary and other nations. If he and his family members who likely participated in this immense breach of duty aren’t prosecuted to the full extent of the law for these violations, well… they just have to be. Collectively, the Trump “administration” is one of the most – if not _the_ most – serious national security breach this country has ever suffered. An offsite storage facility. JFC. I’m out of words. ---
**Author:** ![MulderMuffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldermuffin/32/2862_2.png) [@MulderMuffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MulderMuffin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/4162 "2022-12-07T21:01:07Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > tired Looks like that is the case. Kise seems to actually want to do some real lawyering. That probably explains why he was sidelined. > When the Justice Department warned that it believed Trump still had documents in his possession, a lawyer whom he had hired a short time earlier, Christopher M. Kise, suggested along with other lawyers working for Trump that they engage an outside firm, according to people familiar with the events. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/4163 "2022-12-07T21:06:27Z")
> [@MulderMuffin](#): > > When the Justice Department warned that it believed Trump still had documents in his possession, a lawyer whom he had hired a short time earlier, Christopher M. Kise, suggested along with other lawyers working for Trump that they engage an outside firm, according to people familiar with the events. Was that quote from the WP article? (Which is paywalled for me.) j ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/4164 "2022-12-07T21:10:05Z")
> [@MulderMuffin](#): > > When the Justice Department warned that it believed Trump still had documents in his possession, a lawyer whom he had hired a short time earlier, I googled that, and it does show up verbatim in this Chicago Trib article: > **[Classified documents found in Donald Trump’s search of storage site](https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-nyt--20221207-ebb4gl7qtbcobkvgvxez6il6lq-story.html)** > > The discovery of the documents at the storage unit, maintained by the federal General Services Administration, came during a series of wider searches that were completed. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/4165 "2022-12-07T21:12:31Z")
Eh, another paywall. j ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/4166 "2022-12-07T21:18:27Z")
Well, trust me, it’s in there exactly as you quoted it. I have a paywall bypass extension that I use to see it. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/4167 "2022-12-07T21:40:36Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Wait a minute. Trump and his lawyers go apeshit about the FBI taking stuff that was so secret they had to bring in special people with the right clearances to even begin to examine it and then they go and hire an outside firm with no clearances whatsoever to go look for more docs?? > > (Sound of heads exploding all over the Intelligence community) SC. Smith: Why thank you Trump lawyers for adding additional charges and evidence against your client. We will also be charging the members of the outside firm with espionage. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/4168 "2022-12-07T21:42:37Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > n the end, you just know that Dave Hastert from _Storage Wars_ is going to make a million dollars by bidding on some stupid storage locker which contains 300 more of Donald Trump’s stolen Top Secret files. “Yuuuuuup!!” ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/4169 "2022-12-07T21:43:35Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I’ve not found anything about the Judge suggesting the form of the order? you’re arguing against a ‘I think’ comment that simply stated the posters thought that Cannon told the Trump team what to ask for - no where did the person making that comment provide evidence that it _actually_ happened. Further - saying Cannon did, in fact, give the idea to the trump team and even provided the full writeup, why would it not still appear as it does in the record (as having been filed by the Trump team).? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/4170 "2022-12-07T21:44:23Z")
Classified documents in a storage unit. What a class act. Thanks, Republicans, for putting this moron in the driver’s seat. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/4171 "2022-12-07T21:47:49Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > An offsite storage facility. JFC. I’m out of words. Unless somebody has better information, I’m a-gonna’ keep my powder dry on this very narrow piece of this very narrow update. Because … > The discovery of the documents **at the storage unit, maintained by the federal General Services Administration** , came during a series of wider searches that were completed around Thanksgiving and conducted at Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey; at Trump Tower in New York; and in a storage closet at Mar-a-Lago, according to two people familiar with the events. [bolding mine] [**SOURCE**](https://news.yahoo.com/classified-documents-found-search-trump-193946161.html) ---
**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:** [December 7, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/4172 "2022-12-07T21:48:33Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Classified documents in a storage unit. What a class act. Thanks, Republicans, for putting this moron in the driver’s seat. but but but… Twitter stopped us from seeing Hunter Biden’s penis, and that’s what **really** matters here! ---
**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:** [December 7, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/4173 "2022-12-07T21:50:58Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Unless somebody has better information, I’m a-gonna’ keep my powder dry on this very narrow piece of this very narrow update. That’s a good point and I missed that bit. Still. The carelessness with this information throughout Trump’s term and beyond leaves me nauseated. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/4174 "2022-12-07T22:13:52Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Classified documents in a storage unit. What a class act. Thanks, Republicans, for putting this moron in the driver’s seat. [![](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02M3xiGbG3UkgNkl8WlxOGO/images-1.fill.size_2000x1334.v1611687201.jpg) ](https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02M3xiGbG3UkgNkl8WlxOGO/images-1.fill.size_2000x1334.v1611687201.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/4175 "2022-12-07T22:14:16Z")
Perfect! ---
**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:** [December 7, 2022, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/4176 "2022-12-07T22:29:53Z")
I read the article on Yahoo too. One of the comments was typical: ‘They weren’t in his possession. They were in a GOVERNMENT storage unit! And what about Hunter Biden? [blahblahblah]’ ---
**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:** [December 7, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/4177 "2022-12-07T22:55:42Z")
Told you. They are really upset that they were denied the pleasure of seeing Hunter’s penis. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/4178 "2022-12-07T23:01:48Z")
When they say an outside firm, what do they mean? Law firm? ---
**Author:** ![Kelby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a587f6/32.png) [@Kelby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelby)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/4179 "2022-12-07T23:43:37Z")
😆 That’s perfect. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/4180 "2022-12-07T23:55:48Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > When they say an outside firm, what do they mean? Law firm? Plumbers. [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=208) [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=210)