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

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329>\
**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:** 1\
**Showing post:** 3596

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/3596 "2022-10-07T19:10:49Z")

</div>

> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
>
> What statutory basis is there to compel a private citizen to be interviewed by the feds? I would have thought that the right to remain silent means that you can’t be compelled to sit an interview. But I’ve been wrong before about US security laws, so I’m curious if the feds have that sort of authority?
> 
> @DrDeth has experience in federal law enforcement; maybe he knows.

Well, if a suspect, generally none- that is what the 5th is about. A Grand Jury, etc can order someone to testify if they are given immunity.

If a witness, they can be compelled to testify via subpoena, etc.

_Civil matters,_ which these lawsuits- are have different rules.

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329)._