FBI Finally Returns Trump’s Belongings Confiscated During 2022 Mar-a-Lago Raid – One America News Network

On August 8^th, 2022, the FBI conducted a raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, during the Biden administration, as part of a criminal investigation into how he handled classified documents after leaving office.

“These are dark times for our Nation, as my beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents,” Trump said in a statement at the time. “After working and cooperating with the relevant Government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate.”

The documents that Trump brought to Mar-a-Lago after leaving the White House, which purportedly contained sensitive material that officials had been trying to retrieve since early 2021, was the main focus of the investigation.

“They even broke into my safe!” Trump said at the time. “It is political targeting at the highest level!”

However, in July 2024, District Court Judge Aileen Cannon dropped the case, which was led by special counsel Jack Smith. She dismissed it since “Smith’s appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution,” Cannon wrote in an order granting Trump’s motion to dismiss.

Smith’s “use of a permanent indefinite appropriation” violated the Appropriations Clause of the Constitution. She also said that the court “need not address the proper remedy for that funding violation given the dismissal on Appointments Clause grounds.”