A year and a half ago, the country was left shocked when the Federal Bureau of Investigations raided the home of then-former President Donald Trump. This week, the FBI returned items taken during the raid.
The White House confirmed on Friday that the FBI had given President Trump several boxes of items that were taken while his Mar-a-Lago estate was searched for classified documents taken from his first term.
The exact contents of the boxes were not immediately made clear, but Trump celebrated the moment in a post on Truth Social on Friday night, taking a shot at the former special counsel who was responsible for the raid, Jack Smith.
“The Department of Justice has just returned the boxes that Deranged Jack Smith made such a big deal about. They are being brought down to Florida and will someday be part of the Trump Presidential Library,” Trump wrote. “Justice finally won out. I did absolutely nothing wrong. This was merely an attack on a political opponent that, obviously, did not work well. Justice in our Country will now be restored.”
Reports shared that White House staff was seen on Friday loading more than a dozen boxes onto the rear of Air Force One.
Steven Cheung, the White House director of communications, shared in a statement that the FBI was “giving the President his property back that was taken during the unlawful and illegal raids.”
“We are taking possession of the boxes today and loading them onto Air Force One,” Cheung said in a statement.
Counselor to the President Alina Habba was asked by reporters what was inside the boxes. She said they were “President Trump’s things. These are his items, and they needed to be returned to him.”
Habba also took her own shot at Smith, saying, “Frankly, this was a hoax, as we knew.”
“Jack Smith is no longer. We are in the Oval Office,” she also said.