# FBI Search and Seizure at Trump's Mar-A-Lago Residence, August 8, 2022, Case Dismissed July 15, 2024

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**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")\
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> [@Lance\_Turbo](#):
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> About that Mar-a-Lago SCIF… every story I read about it says something like, “Sean Spicer mentioned in a press briefing that a SCIF had been installed at Mar-a-Lago.” Are we taking Sean Spicer’s word on this one? That seems like a bad idea.

I linked previously to several stories that mention it as fact, and one even quotes another source:

> [@7 Jan 2021 and beyond - the aftermath of the storming of the Capitol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3007):
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> I don’t think there’s really any doubt it existed. News reports that mention it:
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> - [Trump in Palm Beach: Mar-a-Lago’s SCIF, JFK’s bunker and keeping national security secure](https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/politics/2019/11/05/trump-in-palm-beach-mar-a-lagos-scif-jfks-bunker-and-keeping-national-security-secure/2359130007/)
> - [https://www.newschannel5.com/news/national/recent-trespassing-incidents-raise-questions-about-security-at-mar-a-lago](https://www.newschannel5.com/news/national/recent-trespassing-incidents-raise-questions-about-security-at-mar-a-lago)
> - [Mar-a-Lago Florida: Everything we know about Trump’s new home | The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-mar-a-lago-history-palm-beach-florida-b1780645.html)
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> How assiduously it was used is another matter, of course.

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