{"id":2408151,"date":"2025-02-28T19:18:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T00:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-gives-trump-back-his-property-seized-from-illegal-raid-on-mar-a-lago-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T19:19:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T00:19:26","slug":"fbi-gives-trump-back-his-property-seized-from-illegal-raid-on-mar-a-lago-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-gives-trump-back-his-property-seized-from-illegal-raid-on-mar-a-lago-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI gives Trump back his property seized from \u2018illegal\u2019 raid on Mar-a-Lago &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-gives-trump-back-his-property-seized-from-illegal-raid-on-mar-a-lago-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2408151&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the return of personal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-andrew-p-napolitano-using-war-to-assault-freedom\/\" title=\"Judge Andrew P. Napolitano: Using War to Assault Freedom\">property seized<\/a> by the FBI from former President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago estate during a raid in 2022, which was part \u2063of an investigation into the mishandling of classified documents. As Trump\u200b traveled back to Florida, his property, described by White \u2064House officials \u2063as retrieved from &#8220;unlawful and illegal raids,&#8221; was transported on Air Force One. White House communications director Steven Cheung confirmed the action, framing it as a restoration of justice. Trump&#8217;s legal team, including counselor Alina Habba, emphasized their commitment to fighting what they consider \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">politically motivated actions<\/a> from the FBI \u2062and Department of Justice. The raid \u200dand subsequent legal \u200dactions sparked Trump\u2019s claims of political persecution\u200c and influenced public narratives surrounding \u200chis presidency, privacy concerns, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/google-launches-transparency-center-to-help-users-report-harmful-content\/\" title=\"Google opens transparency center for reporting harmful content.\">ongoing legal\u200d challenges<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">FBI gives Trump back his property seized from &lsquo;illegal&rsquo; raid on Mar-a-Lago<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2024367\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> left Washington, D.C., on Friday without a deal for a share of Ukraine&rsquo;s natural resources, but he did take something else with him.<\/p>\n<p>Personal property confiscated by the FBI during its 2022 search of Mar-a-Lago was boxed up and loaded onto Air Force One to make the journey back to Florida.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3334123\/government-shutdown-could-hinge-doge-cuts\/\">Government shutdown could hinge on DOGE cuts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3333836\/jd-vance-tag-team-trump-zelensky-takedown-influence\/\">JD Vance tag-teams with Trump for Zelensky takedown in latest flex of influence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3333985\/make-influencers-irrelevant-again\/\">Make &#8216;influencers&#8217; irrelevant again<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The FBI is giving the President his property back that was taken during the unlawful and illegal raids. We are taking possession of the boxes today and loading them onto Air Force One,&rdquo; White House communications director Steven Cheung said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3333643\/trump-lambastes-zelensky-oval-office\/\"><strong>TRUMP CUTS SHORT ZELENSKY WHITE HOUSE VISIT AFTER OVAL OFFICE ERUPTION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Mar-a-Lago search was carried out pursuant to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-conducts-search-of-mike-pences-indiana-home-in-classified-documents-investigation\/\" title=\"... Conducts Search of Mike Pence&#039;s Indiana Home in ... ...\">classified documents investigation<\/a> into Trump. Officials confiscated 33 boxes containing classified documents the president improperly took and stored following his first term in office.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This image, contained in the indictment against President Donald Trump, shows boxes of records stored in a bathroom and shower in the Lake Room at Trump&rsquo;s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. In 2022, FBI agents who searched the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s Mar-a-Lago estate recovered dozens of boxes containing sensitive documents. (Justice Department via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Counselor to the president Alina Habba added in a post on X that she &ldquo;personally&rdquo; loaded the boxes onto Air Force One Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Justice has been and will continue to be restored in this country under President Trump,&rdquo; she wrote. &ldquo;TRUTH AND JUSTICE ALWAYS WIN IN THE END.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I just personally loaded the infamous &ldquo;boxes&rdquo; back onto Air Force 1 to head home where they belong. Justice has been and will continue to be restored in this country under President Trump.  TRUTH AND JUSTICE ALWAYS WIN IN THE END. God Bless America &#127482;&#127480;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alina Habba (@AlinaHabba) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlinaHabba\/status\/1895605275153088815?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump sued the Justice Department for $100 million in damages back in August of 2024, arguing that the search of Mar-a-Lago constituted an &ldquo;intrusion upon seclusion, malicious prosecution, and abuse of process.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump is continuing to fight against blatant Election Interference by Kamala Harris and Joe Biden&rsquo;s weaponized Department of Justice,&rdquo; Cheung, then Trump&rsquo;s 2024 campaign spokesman, said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The search of his Mar-a-Lago property sparked Trump&rsquo;s crusade against a &ldquo;politically motived&rdquo; FBI and DOJ, and prompted First Lady Melania Trump to speak out about the invasion of her personal space.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I never imagined my privacy would be invaded by the government here in America,&rdquo; Melania Trump said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MELANIATRUMP\/status\/1834937662207103146\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"video\">video<\/a> last year promoting her book. &ldquo;The FBI raided my home in Florida and searched through my personal belongings. This is not just my story, it serves as a warning to all Americans, a reminder that our freedom and rights must be respected.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The search itself led former Attorney General Merrick Garland to appoint Jack Smith to serve as special counsel investigating both Trump&rsquo;s handling of classified documents and his actions on and leading up to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3118095\/trump-100-million-suit-against-doj-mar-a-lago-raid\/\"><strong>TRUMP SUES DOJ FOR $100 MILLION OVER MAR-A-LAGO RAID<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon would eventually dismiss the case against Trump in July of 2024, ruling that Smith had been unlawfully appointed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2024367\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2024367\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI returns Trump&#8217;s property seized in &#8216;illegal&#8217; Mar-a-Lago raid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2408152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mAR-A-LAGO-RAID-TRUMP.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50645,33211,7075,51335,3634],"class_list":["post-2408151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fbi-2","tag-legal-news","tag-mar-a-lago","tag-property-seizure","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mAR-A-LAGO-RAID-TRUMP.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2408151"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2408155,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408151\/revisions\/2408155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2408152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2408151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2408151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2408151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}