Following the discovery of secret materials at Mike Pence’s home last month, the FBI conducted a consented search of his Indianapolis home on Friday and found one more official page with classified markings, according to a Pence spokesperson, Reuters reports.
The investigation was carried out after Pence’s lawyer Greg Jacobs informed the National Archives in a letter dated January 18 about the finding of materials with secret markings. The search was later verified by a Justice Department official earlier in the day. The FBI was subsequently given access to the documents.
“Pence and his legal team have fully cooperated with the appropriate authorities,” the former vice president’s spokesman Devin O’Malley said.
He continued, saying that in addition to finding one page marked as classified, the FBI also found “six additional pages without such markings that were not discovered in the initial review by the vice president’s counsel.”
Although Pence and his wife were not at home, the Justice Department was allowed complete access to the house and a member of his legal team was present.
According to NPR, the Justice Department subsequently demanded “direct possession” of the records, and Pence’s house was where they were picked up.
This search is one of several that have taken place recently in relation to sensitive papers discovered in the possessions of previous American leaders.
An examination of papers from President Biden’s tenure as vice president is being conducted by a special counsel with the Department of Justice. Regarding the unlawful handling of classified data that prompted an FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago last summer, Trump is under investigation by a different special counsel.
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