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A new report from The Daily Caller<\/a> indicates that former President Trump believes the FBI was after documents that would exonerate him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report says that the FBI was seeking documents that Trump believes would exonerate him from Russian collusion claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We reported yesterday that the unit that conducted the raid was the same one involved in investigating the Trump-Russia hoax. [READ MORE: FBI Unit Investigating Trump has a Bias Problem]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along with the Russia evidence Trump also believes that the FBI was looking for election-related evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FBI also collected passports from Trump which Trump claimed were stolen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The passports were outside the scope of the warrant and the DOJ admitted that the FBI overstepped the authority granted to them in the search warrant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The passports are reportedly being returned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[READ NEXT: DOJ Admits FBI Violated Trump’s Rights]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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