There are plenty of similarities — but also a major difference — among the classified-records situations of President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and Trump's vice president, Mike Pence.
The FBI search on Friday for additional classified documents at former Vice President Mike Pence's home in Indiana — after others were found by his lawyers recently — followed the revelation of classified materials at President Joe Biden's Delaware home and former office and the seizure last year of hundreds of documents marked classified from Mar-a-Lago, the Florida residence of former President Donald Trump.
Sauber said Jan. 12 that a second batch of documents with classified markings — a"small number," he said — had been found in a storage space in Biden's garage near Wilmington, Delaware, along with one document located in Biden's personal library in his home. Days later, Sauber clarified that six pages, not a single one, had been found in the library.
HOW QUICKLY WERE THE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS TURNED OVER?PENCE: Jacob said the records were discovered by Pence lawyers on Jan. 16, secured in a locked safe and retrieved by FBI agents on Jan. 19. The four boxes of papers were delivered to the Archives on Jan. 23. A few months later, investigators from the Justice Department and FBI visited Mar-a-Lago to get more information about classified materials taken to Florida. Federal officials served a subpoena for some documents believed to be at the estate.
It appears both turned over the records quickly, without intent to conceal. That's important because the Justice Department historically looks for willfulness, or an intent to mishandle government secrets, in deciding whether to bring criminal charges. In November, Garland appointed Jack Smith, a veteran war crimes prosecutor with a background in public corruption probes, to lead investigations into Trump's retention of classified documents, as well as key aspects of a separate probe involving the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and efforts to undo the 2020 election.
BIDEN: Biden said earlier this month he was"surprised to learn" that documents had been found at his think tank. He said he didn't know what was in the material but takes classified documents"very seriously."Biden told reporters at the White House Jan. 12 that he was"cooperating fully and completely" with a Justice Department investigation into how classified information and government records were stored.
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