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U.S. marshals seized the passport of U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump at her Miami residence shortly after first lady Melania Trump gave closed-door testimony as part of a federal money-laundering case.
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In early February 2026, a claim spread online that U.S. marshals showed up at the Miami home of U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump, took her passport and left her under strict federal court controls tied to a money-laundering investigation.
Popular examples of the rumor said first lady Melania Trump walked into a federal building in Washington, D.C., volunteered to testify for two hours, answered more than 100 questions under oath and then set off a chain of events that led to a judge signing the passport seizure order.
One Feb. 10 YouTube video (archived) purportedly featured former Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Weissmann, who began by allegedly saying:
Six months ago, Ivanka Trump was shaking hands with world leaders at an international business summit in Saudi Arabia. She had a security detail. She had a private jet on standby. She had the kind of freedom that only comes with extreme wealth and extreme power. This morning, she cannot leave the Southern District of New York without permission from a federal judge. Her passport is gone. Federal marshals took it from her Miami residence at 6:47 in the morning. She is wearing a GPS monitor on her ankle. She posted a $15 million bond just to stay out of custody. And the...
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