By The Wall Street Journal: Pence house in Indiana to be searched by FBI for additional classified material
WASHINGTON — The FBI is expected to search former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home for classified material in the coming days, according to people familiar with the matter, as senior government officials come under increased law-enforcement scrutiny of their handling of such documents.
The Justice Department is in talks with Pence’s legal team about scheduling the search, the people said.
Last month, following similar revelations from President Biden’s legal team, Pence’s lawyers disclosed they had discovered several documents with classification markings at his home and turned them over to authorities. They said the documents had been inadvertently packed up and transported and that Pence was unaware of their existence.
“The FBI has conducted at least three searches of Mr. Biden’s homes and former office, including his Rehoboth, Del., beach house on Wednesday.”
See: FBI search of Biden’s Delaware beach home finds no classified documents, lawyer says
Both disclosures came as the Justice Department has been investigating former President Donald Trump over the handling of classified material after he left the White House at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
An expanded version of this report appears at WSJ.com.
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