Trump’s ‘Planted Evidence’ Claim Unlikely to Stand in Court (3)

Donald Trump and his supporters are ratcheting up their baseless claim that Federal Bureau of Investigation agents may have “planted” evidence when they searched his Mar-a-Lago home for missing White House records. But those claims are unlikely to stand up in court.

“Planting information anyone?” Trump said Friday in a social-media post criticizing the FBI for not allowing his lawyers to witness the search. In the post, Trump also denied a Washington Post report that the information sought by the FBI included records related to nuclear weapons.

In an effort to calm the outcry from Trump allies about the Monday ...