The search was part of the federal investigation into Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents and obstruction of attempts to retrieve them.

The FBI handed back boxes of materials that President Donald Trump had taken to his Mar-a-Lago Florida estate upon leaving the White House.

The FBI has given property back to U.S. President Donald Trump that was taken from him during raids and the items were being loaded onto Air Force One on Friday, the White House said. "We are taking possession of the boxes today and loading them onto Air Force One,

Among the items taken from the president’s Florida residence were files that investigators said contained classified material and formed the central evidence in one of the criminal cases against him.

President Donald Trump left Washington, D.C., on Friday without a deal for a share of Ukraine’s natural resources, but he did take something else with him. Personal property confiscated by the FBI during its 2022 search of Mar-a-Lago was boxed up and loaded onto Air Force One to make the journey back to Florida.