The former president himself has an answer to the latter.
A week after the incident, Trumpposted an outraged statementon his Truth Social platform.
This is an assault on a political opponent at a level never seen before in our Country.
What followed was a frenzy of reports and denials surrounding the passports.
On August 16, 2022, Trump posted an update on Truth Social (viaTwitter).
“The DOJ and FBI just returned my passports.
This shouldn’t happen in America!”
That hasn’t stopped the debate from continuing on Twitter, however.
FBI outright stole whatever it wanted."
The opposing side had plenty to say, too.
Many wondered whether the FBI was worried about Trump being a flight risk.
So, what’s important to you is that his passport was taken for a few days?!
Former FBI official Peter Strzokaddedthat ex-presidents are given a new passport identifying them as such.
“Still no telling what Trump had,” he said.
Yet another Twitter user was simply baffled.
“I can’t make heads or tails of that passport story,” hesaid.
What the hell is going on?"
