Justice Department officials searched former vice president Mike Pence’s Washington office and found no documents with classified markings, an aide to Pence said Friday.
last month that he decided to search his property for classified materials after news broke that sensitive materials were discovered at Biden’s home while the investigation into Trump’s possible mishandling of government materials was ongoing. After that initial search, Pence turned over to the FBI “a small number of documents” bearing classified markings, his lawyer said in a statement.
The former vice president’s team then worked with the Justice Department to conduct consensual searches of his home and office.search of Pence’s office disclosed Friday, the binder that officials removed is believed to be from debate prep for the 2020 presidential election, according to a person familiar with the search, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak frankly about a sensitive matter. A member of Pence’s legal team was present during the search.
The person familiar with the matter said that law enforcement was looking for both documents bearing classified marking and materials that were not classified but protected by the Presidential Records Act. Documents covered under that act belong to the government, and elected officials are not allowed to keep them once they leave office.
Lawyers for both Pence and Biden have stressed that their clients have been forthcoming and cooperative with law enforcement and have turned over any classified or government materials found in their possession.They appear to be trying to draw a distinction with Trump’s case, in which the former president seems to have resisted government attempts to obtain official documents for months, including after a grand jury subpoena demanded the return of any material marked classified.
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