This sure doesn't look like any official email I've ever seen

[CatWoman]

Link to tweet

the email is below and it's a jpg:

[Brainfodder]

1. Blowing off clear cut espionage with this weaksauce?

[marble falls]

2. When you get done reading it, close your eyes and spin - shouting,"Beetlejuice" three times.

[onenote]

3. Norah O'Donnell screwed up.

The DOJ has acknowledged that the passports were taken and that they are returning them.

[Jarqui]

5. The warrant said they were to take:

a. Any physical documents with classification markings, along with any
containers/boxes (including any other contents) in which such documents are located, as
well as any other containers/boxes that are collectively stored or found together with the
aforementioned documents and containers/boxes;

If the passports were with classified documents, the warrant said
"Any physical documents with classification markings, along with any
containers/boxes (including any other contents) in which such documents are located"

The FBI agents were probably doing what the warrant told them to do.

[LeftInTX]

13. Yes, this happens in warrants alot!

They can be quite a messy affair!

Anything not required by the investigation is returned. If you're squeaky wheel, you can get your belongings returned faster.

[brush]

9. He gets the blue turist one back...

the black diplomatic passport and the red government official one he was supposed to turn in.

[LeftInTX]

15. Nope, he has his diplomatic. He's going to Scotland on Aug 21st

[brush]

19. That's how it was explained today by...

a couple of ex-diplomats. At any rate. He would have renew whatever he didn't turn in, as your post states.

[W_HAMILTON]

22. Not necessarily.

O'Donnell reported:

NEW: According to a DOJ official, the FBI is NOT in possession of former President Trump's passports. Trump had accused the FBI of stealing his three passports during the search of his Mar-a-Lago home.

If they had already been returned to Trump, her reporting is accurate.

[crickets]

4. Why would he still have an active diplomatic passport? nt

[Ms. Toad]

12. Former presidents are among those eligible for diplomatic passports. n/t

[crickets]

14. Ah. Thanks for the info. I do think a diplomatic passport is wasted on him, though. nt

[Ms. Toad]

18. Agreed.

I couldn't tell if it was discretionary - like continuing the presidential daily briefings. But the reason is that former presidents often continue to do some international diplomacy. I can't imagine any sane future president using Trump in this role.

[applegrove]

6. Don't you have to turn your old passport in?

[Princess Turandot]

7. They cancel/return the old passport along with the new one nt

[JoanofArgh]

8. Diplomatic passports are given to Presidents when they assume office and are cancelled when they

leave office. This was discussed on MSNBC today.

[LeftInTX]

16. Actually all former presidents have diplomatic passports

Think of all the charity work they do...
Tsunami relief, earthquake relief in Haiti

[Docreed2003]

10. They're trying to dismiss the entire document seizure with this crap

This is how they will try to poke holes in the governments case. What's amazing is this reads like a mob movie script and people on their side are eating it up.

[jcgoldie]

11. red herring

Who GAF about the passports?

[ecstatic]

17. Someone on MSNBC mentioned today that diplomatic passports

are no longer valid after someone leaves office (or a post). Who knows if the email is real or not, but if true, I suppose they can return it if tfg wants to keep his INVALID little souvenir.

[LeftInTX]

21. All former presidents have diplomatic passports

Maybe former diplomats don't have them, but presidents do. They must get their passport reissued as a "Former President of the United States"

I'm sure some former diplomats are also eligible. (Secretary of States, career diplomats etc)

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trumps-passports-returned-mar-lago-search-doj-official-says-rcna43192

The FBI acknowledged it had had the passports the same day Trump said on his social media platform that FBI agents who conducted the search on Aug. 8 took them.

In a statement on Truth Social, Trump said agents "stole my three Passports (one expired), along with everything else." He did not provide further details or specify whether the travel documents were personal or government passports. (Presidents receive diplomatic passports when they take office.)

A Justice Department official said Trump's passports have been returned.

Anyway, Trump is going to Scotland next week for a gala. I don't know if that's what made him look for his passport or if the raid itself did. In all actually, he probably has a personal passport, but of course he wants to use his diplomatic passport...(It has more perks)