Confusion Surrounding Donald Trump's Seized Passports Has Twitter Divided

Posted by Tandra Barner on Sunday, June 16, 2024

Donald Trump is playing the blame game over the FBI findings, and so are his supporters. Among them was Rep. Lauren Boebert, who tweeted, "So now that the DOJ blatantly lied about Trump's passport, how can we believe ANYTHING they say about this raid is true?" Another commenter said, "Seizing Trump's passport is a big deal because it shows the warrant ...was over broad and unlawful. 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. One user acccused the right of focusing on the wrong issue, writing, "Trump took classified documents and refused to return them. So, what's important to you is that his passport was taken for a few days?! Despicable." 

Questions were also raised about Trump having multiple passports, but retired FBI Assistant Director Frank Figliuzzi offered an explanation: "It's possible that Trump retained his red 'government official' passport, and a black 'diplomatic' passport, which he no longer has a right to." Former FBI official Peter Strzok added that 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," he said. "They took them; no they didn't; Trump lied; they returned them; he lost them. What the hell is going on?"

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