Documents with classified markings were discovered in former U.S. vice-president Mike Pence's Indiana home last week, according to his attorney.
Lawyer says 'small number' of such documents were found, former VP was unaware of their existenceFormer U.S. vice-president Mike Pence is interviewed by Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, in front of an audience at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, on Oct. 19, 2022.
The revelation came as the U.S. Department of Justice was already investigating the discovery of documents with classification markings in President Joe Biden's home in Delaware and his former Washington office, as well as former president Donald Trump's Florida estate. Biden, a Democrat, has indicated he will seek re-election while Pence, a Republican, has been exploring a possible 2024 presidential campaign that would put him direct competition against his former boss.
This photograph contained in a court filing by the U.S. Department of Justice, redacted in part by the FBI and released on Aug. 30, 2022, shows documents seized during the Aug. 8 search by the FBI of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. The letter from House Oversight Committee chairman Rep. James Comer to White House Counsel Stuart Delery, requesting copies of the documents found at Joe Biden's former office.A total of four boxes containing copies of administration papers — two in which "a small number" of papers bearing classified markings were found, and two containing "courtesy copies of vice presidential papers" were discovered.
In a January interview with Fox Business, Pence described a "very formal process" used by his office to handle classified information as well as the steps taken by his lawyers to ensure none was taken with him.
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