Mar-a-Lago Gets Its Boxes Back

Trump plans to make the famous items of evidence part of the 45th and 47th presidents’ presidential library.

Justice Department via AP
Boxes of records stored in a bathroom and shower at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach. Justice Department via AP

The return of documents to the White House from Mar-a-Lago is the kind of full-circle so ironic as to be worthy of Shakespeare. The FBI is returning records that it seized at the Palm Beach manse during a search at the 47th president’s home in 2022. It seized 33 boxes. Special Counsel Jack Smith would eventually charge Mr. Trump with more than three dozen crimes, though his case floundered and was dismissed when Mr. Trump won reelection.

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