The White House announced that the FBI returned boxes of documents taken during a search of Donald Trump’s Florida property after he left office. Trump celebrated the return of the boxes on social media and said they would be part of his presidential library. White House staff were seen loading roughly 15 boxes onto Air Force One for transport to Florida. Communications director Steven Cheung stated that the FBI was returning Trump’s property taken during “unlawful and illegal raids.” Counselor to the president, Alina Habba, criticized the special counsel who had investigated Trump’s handling of classified documents, calling it a hoax. She stated that the items in the boxes belonged to Trump and needed to be returned to him. Habba did not address changes in storage protocol following the FBI’s search and seizure of classified materials from Trump’s property in 2022. The classified documents case against Trump was dismissed by a federal judge, citing procedural violations by the special counsel and department policy against prosecuting a sitting president. Trump had pleaded not guilty to charges of retaining national defense information, making false statements, and obstructing justice. The case was also dropped against Trump’s co-defendants, effectively ending the prosecution.
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