The White House announced on Friday that the FBI had returned boxes of documents taken from former President Donald Trump’s Florida property after his term in office. It is unclear if the boxes contain classified material, but Trump celebrated their return on Truth Social. White House staffers loaded roughly 15 boxes onto Air Force One, with communications director Steven Cheung calling the FBI searches “unlawful and illegal raids.” Counselor to the president Alina Habba criticized the special counsel Jack Smith, saying the investigation was a hoax and that the items taken from Trump were irrelevant. A federal judge dismissed Trump’s classified documents case last year, and the Justice Department dropped the charges against Trump and his co-defendants. Trump had pleaded not guilty to charges of retaining national defense information, making false statements, and obstructing justice. The Justice Department dropped the case after Trump won the presidential election, citing a policy against prosecuting a sitting president. Trump resigned in January after being accused of deleting security video at his Mar-a-Lago resort with co-defendants.
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