A document with classified markings was removed from former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home Friday during a search by the FBI, according to Pence spokesman Devin O’Malley.
Six “additional pages without such markings that were not discovered in the initial review by the vice president’s counsel” were also removed, O’Malley said.
Pence is currently on the West Coast with his family after the birth of two grandchildren, according to his spokesperson.
The FBI is also expected to search Pence’s office in Washington, DC, in the coming days, sources told CNN.
The search comes after the FBI and the Justice Department’s National Security Division launched a review of the documents and how they ended up in Pence’s house. It is not yet clear what the documents are related to or their level of sensitivity or classification.
On Thursday, Pence was also subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith, who is investigating former President Donald Trump and his role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection. Trump’s legal team is expected to assert executive privilege over some aspects of Pence’s subpoenaed testimony, according to a source familiar with the legal strategy.
The Pence team, in talks with the Justice Department ahead of the search, expressed that they wanted to completely cooperate. The Pence team does not believe there are classified documents either at his home or at his office as they conducted what they considered an extensive search themselves, a source said.
Pence has previously acknowledged that “mistakes were made,” as he took responsibility for classified documents ending up in his home and pledged to would “fully cooperate” with any FBI investigation. He said that the found documents had been “immediately” secured and the National Archives was notified.
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