Trump Suing Justice Department for FBI Search of Mar-a-Lago, Seeks $100 Million in Damages

Now that criminal charges against the 45th president have been dismissed, he seeks compensation for the search that yielded dozens of classified documents.

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President Trump during a rally at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse at Montana State University on August 9, 2024. Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images

MATTHEW RICE

Aug 12, 2024, 02:00 PM ET

President Trump is suing the Department of Justice for $100 million following the 2022 search of his Mar-a-Lago property by the FBI. Trump’s attorneys say the search, undertaken in connection to his classified documents case brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith, was “oppressive” and “malicious.”

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