The Justice Department has concluded its investigation into former Vice President Pence’s handling of classified materials after a few sensitive documents were found at his home and will not bring charges, according to a source familiar with the matter.
News that the case has wrapped up comes days before Pence is expected to announce he is running for president in 2024.
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Since January, the department has been looking into Pence’s handling of classified documents after leaving office in 2021, after a small number of documents with classified markings were found at the former vice president’s Indiana home.
Pence was not aware the documents were there, his lawyer said, and the former vice president’s team alerted federal officials once the documents were found.
The FBI in February searched Pence’s home and found one additional document with classified markings. Federal agents searched Pence’s offices in Washington, D.C., later in February and did not find any additional classified materials.
“During the closing days of administration, when materials were boxed and assembled, some of which were shipped to our personal residence, mistakes were made,” Pence told Fox News after documents were first found at his home. “We were not aware of it at the time until we did the review just a few short weeks ago. But I take full responsibility for it, and we’re going to continue to support every appropriate inquiry into it.”
Pence’s team reviewed his home for potential documents after President Biden and former President Trump came under scrutiny for their handling of classified materials.
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#BREAKING: Justice Department won't file charges against former Vice President Pence for his handling of classified materials, according to a source familiar with the matter. https://t.co/hWSyZhx2ET
— The Hill (@thehill) June 2, 2023
The idea that anyone thought Pence did anything wrong on purpose was always nuts. https://t.co/xiCMUEavyX
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) June 2, 2023
The big difference between the Biden/Pence documents cases and Trump’s has always been that both the President and Pence voluntarily turned over the documents they found on their own, while Donny stole the documents, hid them, would not turn them over when asked nicely, then ignored a valid subpoena for the documents. Trumpies whine that their god was treated differently from the President and Pence, but it’s because Trump acted with deliberate criminal intent, while the others willingly admitted to accidentally doing wrong and returned the documents they had.
And now we hear that Trump was showing classified documents to anyone and everyone and I expect that Jack Smith will be looking at financial and other records to see whether any documents were sold or transmitted to our enemies. If the latter especially can be proven, Trump will be on the hook for espionage and treason. In that case I can’t see how Garland could justify not having Trump arrested and prosecuted.
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