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Trump, Allies Misrepresent FBI Order on Document Search at Mar-a-Lago

Photo of classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago.

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FBI agents who searched for classified documents held by former President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in 2022 followed standard protocol. But Trump supporters and social media posts now falsely claim the search was an “attempted assassination” of Trump. The claim is based on a misquote of FBI policy in a legal motion — and Trump wasn’t in Florida during the search.


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