The White House announced that the FBI had returned boxes of documents taken from former President Donald Trump’s Florida property after he left office in his first term. It was unclear if the boxes contained classified materials, but Trump celebrated the return on Truth Social. White House staff loaded 15 boxes onto Air Force One to be taken to Florida. Trump’s communications director said the documents were taken during “unlawful and illegal raids.” Counselor to the president Alina Habba criticized the special counsel who launched the investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents, which was later dismissed by a federal judge. The Justice Department dropped the case after Trump won the presidential election, citing a policy against prosecuting a sitting president. Trump had been charged with retaining national defense information, making false statements, and obstructing justice. The case involved Trump deleting security video at his Mar-a-Lago resort. The Justice Department also dropped charges against Trump’s co-defendants. Trump had pleaded not guilty and maintained his innocence throughout the legal proceedings. The return of the documents was seen as a victory by the former president, who claimed the investigation was an attack on a political opponent that did not succeed.
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