The Department of Justice (DOJ) is admitting that FBI agents took passports from former President Donald Trump, according to an email made public by a spokesperson for Trump.
A screenshot of the missive, authored by DOJ national security official Jay Bratt, informed lawyers for Trump that agents “seized three passports belonging to President Trump.”
The email, dated Aug. 15, said that the passports would be ready for pickup at 2 p.m. on Monday at the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
The DOJ did not respond to a request for comment. It has not disputed the authenticity of the email.
An FBI spokesperson told news outlets in a statement: “In executing search warrants, the FBI follows search and seizure procedures ordered by courts, then returns items that do not need to be retained for law enforcement purposes.”…