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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Martin Pengelly

Trump demands return of seized documents – by order of social media

Donald Trump
‘By copy of this Truth, I respectfully request that these documents be immediately returned to the location from which they were taken. Thank you!’ Photograph: James Devaney/GC Images

Donald Trump has demanded the return of some documents seized by the US justice department in an FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida last week – apparently under the impression that posts on his Truth Social platform carry legal weight.

In a post on Sunday, the former president wrote: “By copy of this Truth, I respectfully request that these documents be immediately returned to the location from which they were taken. Thank you!”

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