No additional documents with classified markings were discovered during a “thorough and unrestricted search” of the office Friday, an adviser for former Vice President Mike Pence said.
‘s Washington advocacy group for several hours Friday as part of its investigation into the discovery of sensitive documents at the homes and offices of current and former top U.S. officials.
The search, described by both parties as consensual, came after negotiations between Pence’s representatives and the Justice Department and a week after the FBI searched Pence’s Indiana home and That was after lawyers hired by Pence last month discovered what aides have described as a “small number” of potentially sensitive documents they say were inadvertently transported to Pence’s home in boxes at the end of the Trump administration.
The willingness of Pence and Biden to permit the FBI to search their homes and offices stands in contrast to former President Donald Trump, who is under federal investigation for own handling of classified information and whose refusal to cooperate with officials last year resulted in the Justice Department having to get an unprecedented warrant to inspect his Florida property.
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