Mar 1, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Trump is returned classified documents from the dismissed federal case against him

Lauren Floyd

Trump holds two-page spread of signed document while seated in a red tie and suit. — President Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office on February 25 on suspending security clearances of those who helped former special counsel Jack Smith. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images

Classified documents — the final remnants of former special counsel Jack Smith's since-dismissed federal case against President Trump — have been turned over to the president, he said.

Zoom in: "They are being brought down to Florida and will someday be part of the Trump Presidential Library," Trump said on Truth Social Friday. "Justice finally won out. I did absolutely nothing wrong."

The big picture: It's not clear if all the documents seized in an FBI raid of Trump's Florida Mar-a-Lago residence and private club in August 2022 have been returned, White House spokesperson Steven Cheung told the Washington Post.

Cheung did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.

Catch up quick: Trump is the only U.S. president convicted of a felony, though in a separate case in New York ending in a no-penalty sentence.

He was accused in the classified documents case of mishandling sensitive government information.
Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the case last July, citing "unlawful appointment and funding of special counsel Jack Smith."

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