Trump demands return of seized documents – by order of social media

FBI took records including some top secret national security files after a search of the ex-president's Mar-a-Lago property

Donald Trump has demanded the return of some documents seized by the US justice department in an FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida last week - apparently under the impression that posts on his Truth Social platform carry legal weight.

In a post on Sunday, the former president wrote: By copy of this Truth, I respectfully request that these documents be immediately returned to the location from which they were taken. Thank you!"