The FBI searched former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on Aug. 8 as part of a federal investigation into allegations that he took classified documents from the White House after leaving office in January 2021.
Trump promptly sued the Justice Department following the search, sparking an ongoing legal battle over the investigation and the documents recovered from the residence.
This also spurred an array of false and misleading claims related to the search, including assertions about the handling of classified records by past presidents, the judge who signed off on the search warrant and how the search came about.
Here's a roundup of related checks from the USA TODAY Fact-Check Team.
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Claim: In 2016, Trump said, "Anyone being investigated by the FBI is not qualified to be the President of the United States" on six different dates
Our rating: False
USA TODAY found no evidence that Trump made the claimed statement or a similar one on any of the dates listed in the post, according to a review of records and transcripts from campaign rallies, tweets and media appearances. Read more.
Claim: An image shows a fundraising email from Donald Trump with nuclear codes
Our rating: Altered
The original fundraising email sent after the Mar-a-Lago search contains different text than the purported email in the viral image. The real email did not contain...
A federal jury has convicted a San Francisco man of conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering in connection with a scheme involving fraudulent insurance claims on already-wrecked vehicles, pros...