Joe Rogan Experience #2546 - Michael Button · Aired Aug 26, 2026
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The FBI returned 7,000 artifacts to their countries of origin after seizing them from Don Miller.
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The FBI did seize more than 7,000 artifacts from Don Miller's Indiana collection in 2014, so that number is accurate, but it describes what was seized, not what was returned. As of 2019 only around 15 percent of the recovered items had actually been repatriated to their countries of origin.
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Is it true that the FBI returned 7,000 artifacts to their countries of origin after seizing them from Don Miller?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. The FBI did seize more than 7,000 artifacts from Don Miller's Indiana collection in 2014, so that number is accurate, but it describes what was seized, not what was returned. As of 2019 only around 15 percent of the recovered items had actually been repatriated to their countries of origin. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2546 - Michael Button, aired Aug 26, 2026, at 1:46:52. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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