# 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:** 264
**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:** [June 9, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5261 "2023-06-09T17:58:17Z")
For whatever it’s worth, cutesy nicknames for the president, especially ones that are acronyms, are distracting and mildly annoying. If you gotta use 'em, hey, live your best life; but know that it draws focus away from what you’re saying and toward the irritation at the cutesy nickname. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5262 "2023-06-09T17:58:38Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > Trump is going to get elected again and eventually die of natural causes before the case can get anywhere near resolution If he gets elected while the case is pending, he’ll just pardon himself on his first day in office. Problem solved. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5263 "2023-06-09T17:59:25Z")
it was from congressional testimony when a tweet was read. [Chrissy Teigen Says ‘P_ **y Ass B** _h’ Trump Attack Tweet Is Really Just 2 Insults | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chrissy-teigen-donald-trump-tweet_n_63e6ee1ee4b07f036b9d1202) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5264 "2023-06-09T18:02:10Z")
CNN’s talking heads are dissecting the now-unsealed indictment. CNN chyrons: “Trump faces 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information.” “Indictment: Trump stored info including US defense, weapons & nuke programs, foreign countries’ defense.” ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5265 "2023-06-09T18:05:01Z")
page 46-49 list the various counts and max penalties. it adds up if going max, to over 300 years. ---
**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jungian_camisole1/32/3646_2.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole1)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5266 "2023-06-09T18:06:36Z")
Watching CNN, they’re showing the stacks of boxes on the Mar A Lago ballroom stage. This is crazy. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5267 "2023-06-09T18:07:13Z")
Some nuggets from NY Times coverage, including a link to the indictment itself: > The [49-page indictment](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/09/us/trump-indictment-documents-news#read-the-complete-indictment-here) gave the clearest picture yet of the files that Mr. Trump took with him when he left the White House. It said he had illegally kept documents concerning “United States nuclear programs; potential vulnerabilities of the United States and its allies to military attack; and plans for possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack.” > In another incident in September 2021, he shared a top secret military map with a staff member at his political action committee who did not have a security clearance. > The unsealed indictment says that Trump stored boxes containing classified documents throughout Mar-a-Lago, including in a ballroom, a bathroom and a shower, as well as in an office and his bedroom. His lawyers had told investigators that documents were kept only in a storage room. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5268 "2023-06-09T18:07:50Z")
It’s looking like he’s stole so many national secrets, we may never know how many of them there are, or a full accounting of which ones he actually stole. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5269 "2023-06-09T18:08:37Z")
Trump: “Three hundred years?! I’ll be **old** by then!” ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5270 "2023-06-09T18:09:20Z")
page 3 gives 2 examples of him “sharing” at bedminster. there has to be a way to search bedminster. evan corcoran is attorney one. the attorneys are listed as 1-4. waiting to hear who 2-3 are. pg 21 has the exchange with att. 1 and 2. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5271 "2023-06-09T18:14:44Z")
Thank you! That’s a good read! 60- some pages, 38 counts (not the seven counts that have previously been reported). Photos, text exchanges, questioning transcripts… love it! And so many mentions that numerous boxes were moved to Bedminster, which has never been searched, to my knowledge. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5272 "2023-06-09T18:15:19Z")
The indictment (pg. 9) includes multiple instances of then-candidate Trump talking about how he would protect classified materials, e.g. “In my administration I’m going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information. No one will be above the law.” These remarks were obviously intended to disparage Hillary Clinton due to the email “scandal.” That they are being used against him specifically in this indictment is … _chef’s kiss_ ---
**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:** [June 9, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5273 "2023-06-09T18:20:59Z")
Oh, the leverage that Special Counsel has on Walt(ine) Nauta … Sucks to be him. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5274 "2023-06-09T18:24:11Z")
page 14 describes that boxes were moved to bedminster. trump is at bedminster right now, but won’t be there mon/tues… ---
**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:** [June 9, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5275 "2023-06-09T18:24:21Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > it adds up if going max, to over 300 years. Is there a mandatory minimum amount of time listed? If convicted that is. Something that Judge Cannon couldn’t hand wave off. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5276 "2023-06-09T18:26:51Z")
not that i’ve seen. they are now showing the colour photos of the boxes in the various locations. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5277 "2023-06-09T18:29:12Z")
Those photos are something else. It’s not just a few boxes—there are pallets of them! How did they bring them in, I wonder. Can Trump operate a forklift? Likely not, but somebody did. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5278 "2023-06-09T18:32:37Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > For whatever it’s worth, cutesy nicknames for the president, especially ones that are acronyms, are distracting and mildly annoying. If you gotta use 'em, hey, live your best life; but know that it draws focus away from what you’re saying and toward the irritation at the cutesy nickname. Thank you. I hadn’t considered that point of view. Kind advice kindly taken, and I’ll do better going forward. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5279 "2023-06-09T18:34:12Z")
one of them showed that a box has spilled and that picture with classified markings was texted to trump employees! oy! reporting is that doj will have a statement at 3pm. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5280 "2023-06-09T18:38:23Z")
Yes, that’s apparently going to happen. Note that that’s 3 PM Eastern time–it will be earlier in Central, Mountain, and Pacific times. [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=263) [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=265)