Hmmm: FBI returns Trump passports that
never appeared on search inventory
Posted By: Ida Lou Pino, 8/16/2022 10:05:02 AM
A curious development indeed, especially after yesterday’s pas de deux over whether the FBI took Donald Trump’s passports — and why. Trump claimed that FBI agents “stole my three Passports,” while the Department of Justice remained silent about it until late in the day. Now there are two questions to ask after this NBC News report: why did FBI agents take them in the first place, and why did the inventory from the seizure not list them?
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A curious development indeed, especially after yesterday’s pas de deux over whether the FBI took Donald Trump’s passports — and why. Trump claimed that FBI agents “stole my three Passports,” while the Department of Justice remained silent about it until late in the day. Now there are two questions to ask after this NBC News report: why did FBI agents take them in the first place, and why did the inventory from the seizure not list them?
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The FIB didn't actually return the passports to President Trump. They gave them to Norah O'Donnell - - who in turn gave them to Liz Cheney.