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Donald Trump went on a lengthy tangent about wife Melania Trump’s underwear during his latest rally.
Making an appearance in Rocky Mount, N.C., on Friday, Dec. 19, the president, 79, discussed inflation and efforts to lower drug prices ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, but also spoke about Melania’s undergarments when reflecting on the FBI raid of his Palm Beach, Fla., resort Mar-a-Lago in 2022.
“They went into my wife’s closet … they looked at her drawers,” Donald said, referring to Melania, 55, whom he married in 2005.
Explaining that his wife is “a very meticulous person,” Donald continued, “Her undergarments, sometimes referred to as panties, are folded perfect, wrapped. They’re, like, so perfect.”
“I think that she steams them,” Donald added.
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The FBI executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago in August 2022, as part of a criminal investigation that began after the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) revealed that February that officials had removed 15 boxes of documents from the property that should have been handed over at the end of the Trump presidency.
Days after the search was conducted, the warrant and property receipt were made public, revealing that the FBI was looking to gather anything that might show Donald had removed or destroyed records, obstructed justice or violated the Espionage Act. Among the many materials retrieved during the search were 11 sets of classified documents, including some marked “top secret” that are only meant to be viewed at secure government facilities.
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Donald was later indicted by a federal grand jury in June 2023 for his alleged mishandling of classified documents after leaving the White House, making him the first U.S. president to face federal criminal charges.
He was arrested and arraigned in the U.S. District Court of South Florida, but pleaded not guilty to all of the charges. Later, an updated version of the indictment added additional counts, but the case was ultimately dismissed in July 2024.
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Donald has faced numerous legal controversies over the past decade alone, including lawsuits and investigations at both the state and federal level.
Some legal issues that he has faced include an investigation into an alleged hush money payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels while he was a presidential candidate in 2016, and those related to his actions leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, as well as when he and 18 of his allies faced legal trouble over attempts to overturn 2020 election results.
