Feds search Pence’s DC office and don’t find any new classified docs, aide says

Federal detectives browsed previous Vice President Mike Pence’s Washington, DC, workplace on Friday for categorized info and did not show up any brand-new categorized files, a Pence spokesperson stated.

The search followed an FBI search of Pence’s Indiana house recently after an attorney for the previous vice president found categorized files there last month.

” The Department of Justice today finished an extensive and unlimited search of Advancing American Flexibility’s workplace for a number of hours and discovered no brand-new files with classified markings. One binder with roughly 3 formerly redacted files was taken,” Pence advisor Devin O’Malley stated in a declaration.

The files in the binder were thought to be from 2020 argument preparation, according to an individual knowledgeable about the matter.

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The search, which was carried out consensually with Pence’s counsel present, consisted of both files with classified markings in addition to unclassified files that might fall under the Presidential Records Act, which needs all main files be committed the National Archives at the end of an administration.

The FBI searches of Pence’s workplace and home come as federal detectives have actually likewise browsed President Joe Biden’s previous workplaces and houses after he found he had categorized files late in 2015.