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Trump, Allies Misrepresent FBI Order on Document Search at Mar-a-Lago

Trump, Allies Misrepresent FBI Order on Document Search at Mar-a-Lago

FBI agents who searched for classified documents held by former President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in 2022 followed standard protocol. But Trump supporters and social media posts now falsely claim the raid was an “attempted assassination” of Trump. The claim is based on a misquote of FBI policy in a legal motion — and Trump wasn’t in Florida during the search.