Mike Pence's lawyer has informed the National Archives that a "small number of documents" containing potentially sensitive or classified information were found in Pence's personal home. The documents were "inadvertently boxed and transported" to Pence's home at the end of the last administration and Pence is willing to cooperate with any appropriate inquiry. The National Archives has not yet commented on the situation and it is unclear what the documents contain or what will happen to them.
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The National Archives and the Justice Department are investigating the discovery of classified documents at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, an office where President Joe Biden spent time after eight years in the Obama administration. Approximately 10 documents marked classified were found at the Biden residence in Wilmington, Del., including top-secret material, and another 10 were found at the office. The investigation is ongoing to determine how the documents ended up in the office and why they were not removed prior to the president’s departure.
President Joe Biden is facing a political crisis after the appointment of a special counsel to investigate his handling of classified documents. This controversy began when Biden's lawyers discovered a secret vice presidential file in his former office, and was further complicated when a second batch of classified material was found in a different location. The appointment has been met with criticism from both sides of the aisle, and Biden's legal team may have spared him criminal exposure by swiftly cooperating with the National Archives.
President Joe Biden is facing a growing political crisis after classified documents were found in his former offices. This revelation has fueled Republican claims that…
The White House has confirmed that a small number of classified documents were discovered in a locked closet at a think tank in Washington, D.C.…