# 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:** 291
**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:** [June 13, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5801 "2023-06-13T20:48:42Z")
It tells you how seriously those guys take national security. At least Chris Christie seems to get it. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5802 "2023-06-13T20:49:46Z")
> **[Trump now claims classified documents were ‘planted’ in Mar-a-Lago boxes](https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-arraignment-classified-documents-b2356686.html)** > > Trump rants at Special Counsel as he scrambles after being hit with 37-count indictment > Former president [Donald Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/donald-trump) has now [claimed that the classified documents](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-indictment-live-arraignment-court-today-b2356716.html)found at [Mar-a-Lago](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/mar-a-lago-0) were “planted” in the boxes after they were obtained by the [Department of Justice](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/department-of-justice-0). > > In a Truth Social rant, Mr Trump lashed out at Special Counsel [Jack Smith](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/jack-smith) on the morning of the former president’s arraignment at a Miami federal courthouse. > > “This is the Thug, overturned consistently and unanimously in big cases, that Biden and his CORRUPT Injustice Department stuck on me. He’s a Radical Right Lunatic and Trump Hater, as are all his friends and family, who probably ‘planted’ information in the ‘boxes’ given to them. They taint everything that they touch, including our Country, which is rapidly going to HELL!” Mr Trump [wrote on Tuesday morning.](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/110537155212570044) ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5803 "2023-06-13T20:51:23Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Quoting Trump: He’s a Radical Right Lunatic and Trump Hater Freudian slip? ---
**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:** [June 13, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5804 "2023-06-13T21:01:39Z")
Something tells me that Trump’s lawyers (those that stay with him) are not going to try this defense in a courtroom. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5805 "2023-06-13T21:03:36Z")
Are you implying that Trump and his stooges say one thing outside of a courthouse, but something else inside one? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5806 "2023-06-13T21:04:32Z")
Yeah. Same old song and dance. He said this months ago. Trying to see if he can get anything to stick. I suspect the prosecutors will get something to stick. Couple dozen of them. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5807 "2023-06-13T21:08:43Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Former president [Donald Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/donald-trump) has now [claimed that the classified documents](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-indictment-live-arraignment-court-today-b2356716.html)found at [Mar-a-Lago](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/mar-a-lago-0) were “planted” in the boxes after they were obtained by the [Department of Justice](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/department-of-justice-0). I think it’s dawning on him how screwed he is, that he will pivot so hard like this. This is so different than what he has said for over a year now. It smacks of extreme desperation to me. He’s no longer being defiant as he has been. Going from “what I did wasn’t wrong” to “I never did it at all” would have to be a huge red flag for anyone who is hoping Trump is going to get away with this. > [@enipla](#): > > Yeah. Same old song and dance. He said this months ago. You know what, you’re right. I had forgotten. > **[Judge asks Trump’s team for proof that FBI planted documents at Mar-a-Lago](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/22/trump-special-master-fbi-documents-mar-a-lago)** > > Special master also asked for a certified list of property seized by the FBI from the ‘winter White House’ Unfortunately for Trump, they’ve already covered this. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5808 "2023-06-13T21:12:24Z")
So now it’s, “I had a perfect right to declassify, lie, hide and move around many boxes of super secret squirrel documents that the corrupt DOJ planted in my golf club resort over 2 years ago!!!”? Yeah. That should work. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5809 "2023-06-13T21:21:05Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > This is so different than what he has said for over a year now. I’m confused, isn’t that literally exactly what he was saying a year ago? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5810 "2023-06-13T21:22:13Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I’m confused, isn’t that literally exactly what he was saying a year ago? People who read only half a post might be confused, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5811 "2023-06-13T21:23:16Z")
helpful ---
**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:** [June 13, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5812 "2023-06-13T21:23:26Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Actually, the United States retains complete ownership of the liberals. Funny! ---
**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:** [June 13, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5813 "2023-06-13T21:23:29Z")
In theory (or to play doofus’s advocate) someone _could_ have just slipped in a few documents and salted the boxes with them. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5814 "2023-06-13T21:38:38Z")
Sure. And it’s _totally believable_ that when the DOJ came a’knockin’ 18 months ago and asked for their documents back, no one opened a single box to look and see WTF they were talking about. 🙄 Just keep moving those boxes around, pal! ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5815 "2023-06-13T21:45:09Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > So now it’s, “I had a perfect right to declassify, lie, hide and move around many boxes of super secret squirrel documents that the corrupt DOJ planted in my golf club resort over 2 years ago!!!”? I _think_ he is saying they confiscated the boxes and THEN put classified docs in them. Not sure it makes a difference though. Both are nuts. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5816 "2023-06-13T21:47:15Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I _think_ he is saying they confiscated the boxes and THEN put classified docs in them. Except so many people saw them there and discussed them for the 18-month duration. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5817 "2023-06-13T22:10:41Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Going from “what I did wasn’t wrong” to “I never did it at all” would have to be a huge red flag for anyone who is hoping Trump is going to get away with this. Republicans can believe 10 impossible things before breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5818 "2023-06-13T22:14:25Z")
…Donald trump was throwing someone underneath the Presidential bus. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5819 "2023-06-13T22:20:36Z")
Trump can’t find any well known Miami criminal defense attorneys to take his case. MeidasTouch (7:00) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqvY8zUlRoo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqvY8zUlRoo) ---
**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:** [June 13, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/5820 "2023-06-13T22:22:06Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > NBC is reporting that Trump did not have to surrender his passport, and that there are no travel restrictions. And yet, when Reality Winner was accused of a **much lesser charge** under the Espionage Act, she was immediately jailed and held without bail. No word on whether she had travel restrictions imposed on her while in jail. 🙄 So much for “justice for all”. [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=290) [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=292)