FBI searches Mike Pence’s Indiana home
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigated the Carmel, Indiana home of former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday morning after classified government documents were found there weeks earlier. The FBI is also expected to search Pence’s office in Washington, DC, CNN reported.
Pence’s lawyer, Greg Jacob, had noticed a dozen “lower level” classified documents in four boxes in Pence’s vice presidential residence and his White House office. Jacob then contacted the National Archives on January 18, The Hill reported. The documents, which were returned to the archives, included “background briefing memos that were prepared for Pence’s foreign trips,” CNN noted.
The FBI and the Justice Department’s National Security Division spoke with Pence’s team days before the Friday search; the team offered its full cooperation and said they had unsuccessfully searched for more documents in Pence’s home beforehand, finding nothing.
It’s unclear if hte FBI found additional classified documents during their search Pence’s home. Such documents have been found in Biden’s old Washington, D.C. office in November, at his Wilmington, Delaware home in December and early January, and in the Florida estate of former President Donald Trump.
On Wednesday of this week, the FBI also searched Rehoboth Beach, Delaware residence, but didn’t find any additional classified documents.
