Federal law enforcement officials are planning to search the home of former Vice President Mike Pence in the coming days after Pence&#8217;s legal team found classified material inside the residence last month, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Pence <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-classified-documents-found-at-former-vp-mike-pences-home-in-indiana">directed</a> his team to search his home in Indiana and office at his political advocacy group, Advancing American Freedom (AAF), following revelations that classified documents had been discovered in Biden’s office at the Penn Biden Center, a Washington think tank affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania. No classified papers turned up in the search of Pence’s offices at AAF.
The former vice president informed the National Archives of the discovery of classified government documents at his home on January 18, and the National Archives then informed the FBI about the discovery. The FBI later collected the material found at Pence&#8217;s home.
The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/fbi-to-search-mike-pences-home-for-additional-classified-materials-11675356965?mod=panda_wsj_author_alert">reported</a> that the Justice Department was currently in talks with Pence to schedule a time to search the residence in the very near future.
The Justice Department has active criminal investigations into former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden over their handling of classified material.
Classified documents connected with Biden were first found in his former private office at the Penn Biden Center, a think tank in Washington, D.C., on November 2, less than a week before the 2022 midterm elections. Since then, Biden’s attorneys have located more classified documents at Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, on multiple occasions: an unspecified number found in the garage on December 20, one document found in Biden’s study on January 11, and five more found in the study on January 12.
Federal officials <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-conducted-13-hour-search-of-bidens-home-found-more-classified-material">confirmed</a> two weeks ago that they found more classified material during a 13-hour FBI search of Biden’s home on January 20.
CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/25/politics/justice-department-biden-home-search" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> last week that while Biden’s team claimed it was cooperative in dealing with the Department of Justice, federal investigators were prepared to get a search warrant if Biden did not consent to being searched.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/merrick-garland-appoints-special-counsel-to-investigate-biden-classified-document-scandal">appointed</a> former U.S. Attorney Robert Hur — who served during the Trump administration — to serve as special counsel in the investigation after the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois John Lausch, who was assigned to do an initial review of the case, recommended to Garland that a special counsel be appointed.
Tim Pearce contributed to this report.

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Former Maryland Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/larry-hogan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Larry Hogan</a> (R) said during an interview Monday that the classified document scandal that has engulfed several top U.S. political leaders is a &#8220;mess&#8221; and that politics needs to be kept out of the investigations.
Hogans&#8217; remarks come after former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden both found themselves under active criminal investigations for their handling of classified material. Former Vice President Mike Pence self-reported finding classified material in his home, although it is unclear if there is an ongoing investigation into him.
&#8220;We ought to get to the facts and have a fair investigation and try to keep the politics out of it. And we probably ought to consider whether we&#8217;re over-classifying some of these documents,&#8221; Hogan said. &#8220;We just don&#8217;t know at this point who had what documents and why or how dangerous they were.&#8221;
Hogan says that he believes that Pence handled his situation better than both Trump and Biden.
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Former Gov. Larry Hogan (R-MD) tells Neil Cavuto that he doesn&#39;t think Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee, says he&#39;ll certainly be challenged by other Republicans, and that if he were to be nominated, he likely wouldn&#39;t win. <a href="https://t.co/xnhDXUnglI">pic.twitter.com/xnhDXUnglI</a>
&mdash; Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonrantz/status/1620592068111536128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 1, 2023</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote>NEIL CAVUTO, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: Governor, I&#8217;d be curious.
I know a governor gets to see some classified documents now and then. I don&#8217;t know how you respond to what&#8217;s been happening. And you&#8217;re hearing about this president, the former president, the former vice president, who knows how many others down the road.
What do you think of this whole classified document mess and, if you became president, how you would try to police it?
FMR. GOV. LARRY HOGAN (R-MD): Well, I think it is a mess.
And, quite frankly, we don&#8217;t have all the answers. And I think we need to get to the bottom of it.
But there&#8217;s an &#8212; it&#8217;s just like everything else in Washington. There&#8217;s a lot of kind of noise. And I think the average person just doesn&#8217;t understand. You got Republicans blaming Democrats, and Democrats blaming Republicans.
And, look, we ought to get to the facts and have a fair investigation and try to keep the politics out of it. And we probably ought to consider whether we&#8217;re overclassifying some of these documents. We just don&#8217;t know at this point who had what documents and why or how dangerous they were.
I think we should get to the bottom of it. We should try to fix it, so it doesn&#8217;t continue to happen. I think Rob Hur, who was the Trump U.S. attorney for Maryland, is a really sharp, fair guy who&#8217;s going to do a thorough investigation.
And I think Mike Pence handled it the right way. He came out right away, admitted the mistake, and cooperated, and apologized. And I think that probably he handled it better than either President Trump or President Biden did.
CAVUTO: But, obviously, it is something that&#8217;s out of control, to your point, Governor.
I&#8217;m just wondering, many of these cases have involved aides or something who are packing up for the boss. In this case, it could be the former vice president, even the past president or the present president, and they see this stuff.
Now, whether they start rifling through it themselves is anyone&#8217;s guess. But the fact that at least President Biden and Vice President Pence have said they were unaware &#8212; that&#8217;s not quite the same with President Trump, as you know &#8212; is that itself even more dangerous than being aware?
HOGAN: Well, I guess we &#8212; it potentially is pretty dangerous, and which is why we &#8212; I think we got to get to the bottom of it and trying to find a fair and objective process, so we just &#8212; it&#8217;s not just all politics, and we actually try to fix a problem that appears to exist.
And, yes, we don&#8217;t know who packed up the documents, what the documents were, whose responsibility it was. But it&#8217;s a problem. And it&#8217;s a mistake that we have got to figure out how to fix.</blockquote>

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Larry Hogan On Classified Documents Scandal Engulfing Trump, Pence, Biden: ‘Try To Keep The Politics Out Of It’

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Former Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-pence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Pence</a> announced Friday that he takes full responsibility for the classified documents that were found in his home earlier this week.
Pence has since turned the documents over to the FBI, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/24/politics/pence-classified-documents-fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-reader-unique-id="5">CNN</a>. The reported discovery comes as the Justice Department has already tapped two special counsels to investigate classified document handling by President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-reader-unique-id="6">Joe Biden</a> and former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-reader-unique-id="7">Donald Trump</a>.
Pence directed his team to search his home in Indiana and office at his political advocacy group, Advancing American Freedom (AAF), following revelations that classified documents had been discovered in Biden’s office at the Penn Biden Center, a Washington think tank affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania. No classified papers turned up in the search of Pence’s offices at AAF.
&#8220;I remain very confident that during my time in the Congress of the United States we were very careful and very cautious,&#8221; Pence told Fox News. &#8220;And as we were during my time as vice president.&#8221;
&#8220;But, again, during the closing days of the administration, when materials were boxed and assembled, some of which were shipped to our personal residence, mistakes were made,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;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.&#8221;
When asked if he thinks there should be a special counsel appointed to oversee his case, Pence responded, &#8220;I would leave that decision to the attorney general and the Department of Justice.&#8221;
&#8220;And, again, I &#8212; this was an unfortunate development,&#8221; Pence added. &#8220;And I — I think it&#8217;s important that our office simply cooperate fully in any investigation by either the Department of Justice, the Archives, or the Congress of the United States, and we’re determined to do that.&#8221;
The news about the classified documents at Pence&#8217;s home comes after the Biden administration admitted earlier this month that classified documents were discovered at the home and personal office of President Joe Biden.
CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/25/politics/justice-department-biden-home-search" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-reader-unique-id="4">reported</a> that while Biden’s team claimed they were cooperative in dealing with the Department of Justice, federal investigators were prepared to get a search warrant if Biden did not consent to having his home searched.
“You want to have people looking at things, know what to look for,” a source told CNN. “Attorneys don’t collect evidence – that would be FBI. Whoever’s getting this info would have to have clearance.”
CNN described the special counsel investigation by Robert Hur as a “full-blown criminal investigation.”
Classified documents connected with Biden were first found in his private office at the Penn Biden Center, a think tank in Washington, D.C., on November 2, less than a week before the 2022 midterm elections. Since then, Biden’s attorneys have located more classified documents at Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, on three separate occasions: an unspecified number found in the garage on December 20, one document found in Biden’s study on January 11, and five more found in the study on January 12.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/merrick-garland-appoints-special-counsel-to-investigate-biden-classified-document-scandal" data-reader-unique-id="30">appointed</a> former U.S. Attorney Hur — who served during the Trump administration — to serve as special counsel in the investigation after the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois John Lausch, who was assigned to do an initial review of the case, recommended to Garland that a special counsel be appointed.
This report has been updated to include additional information.

Mike Pence Takes ‘Full Responsibility’ For Classified Docs At His Home

Mike Pence Takes 'Full Responsibility' For Classified Docs At His Home

On any other day, all the hosts of ABC&#8217;s midday talk show &#8220;The View&#8221; — save for Republican host <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/thats-not-fairsuch-a-cheap-shot-the-view-blows-up-as-alyssa-farah-griffin-and-kellyanne-conway-clash/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alyssa Farah Griffin</a> — might have trashed former Vice President <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/report-classified-documents-found-at-former-vp-mike-pences-home-in-indiana/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Pence</a> when news broke that he had discovered classified documents in his possession.
But during Wednesday&#8217;s broadcast, the hosts seemed amused and even relieved to hear the news claiming that the reports took some of the sting out of the still-unfolding scandal surrounding President Joe Biden and the multiple classified documents found at his home, in his garage, and at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C.
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Alyssa Farah Griffin explains the chaotic transition period in the Trump White House leading The View cast to suspect that she might have classified documents. &quot;So should we be concerned about you? Do you have boxes?&quot; Whoopi asks. Alyssa responds with a nod, a smile, and a laugh. <a href="https://t.co/pjSX88alBU">pic.twitter.com/pjSX88alBU</a>
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Whoopi Goldberg opened the conversation, asking with a laugh whether every former president and vice president should be checking their offices and libraries just to be sure they hadn&#8217;t taken anything they shouldn&#8217;t have.
Sunny Hostin was the first to give Pence a pass, arguing that in all of the chaos after the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill, the vice president may have panicked and packed in a hurry.
&#8220;I feel like now every president and vice president is a suspect,&#8221; she said, adding in mocking tones, &#8220;Are the documents in the conservatory with the wrench?&#8221;
Griffin agreed, explaining that Pence had always been extremely careful when she worked for him — even to the point of doing briefings in the Situation Room just in case anything classified might come up.
She went on to say that she believed the chaos of the transition — and a possible staffer error — was likely the reason classified material had gotten into Pence&#8217;s home.
&#8220;So should we be concerned about you? Do you have boxes?&#8221; Goldberg asked Griffin then, getting a laugh.
Goldberg then went on to argue that the news took some of the heat off Biden, saying, &#8220;Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.&#8221;
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Joy Behar is excited that Pence had documents because it supposedly means AG Garland can try to put Trump in prison again.&quot;I thought, maybe Merrick Garland would think it was just politically motivated to go after Trump &#8230; Now they don&#39;t have to worry about that&#8230;&quot; <a href="https://t.co/VdZQM3HHlY">pic.twitter.com/VdZQM3HHlY</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1618286142905880576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Joy Behar said that Pence finding documents opened the door for Attorney General Merrick Garland to move forward with anything he had wanted to pursue with regard to former President Donald Trump. &#8220;I thought, maybe Merrick Garland would think it was just politically motivated to go after Trump &#8230; Now they don&#8217;t have to worry about that,&#8221; she said.
Hostin concluded by noting that she was a <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1618300942364905476" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bit concerned</a> about former President Barack Obama&#8217;s legacy — especially if it were later discovered that he had anything classified in his possession.
&#8220;But I do feel like now every president and vice president is a suspect,&#8221; she repeated, adding, &#8220;They have been looking to tarnish [Obama&#8217;s] legacy forever.&#8221;

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‘The View’ Hosts Are … Happy That Mike Pence Had Classified Docs?

'The View' Hosts Are ... Happy That Mike Pence Had Classified Docs?

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Former Democratic President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jimmy-carter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jimmy Carter</a> once found classified government documents at his home that he then turned over to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/national-archives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Archives,</a> according to a new report.
The mishandling of classified documents is a chronic problem at the highest levels of the U.S. government, one person familiar with the matter told the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-trump-classified-documents-president-33df0355c72e9ae8fa4cb6ead13f6521" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press</a>. At least several times a year, documents are located where they are not supposed to be and turned over to the National Archives.
On at least one occasion, Carter found sensitive government papers in his home in Georgia, the person told the AP. It is unclear when the discovery was made or when the documents were handed over.
Coincidentally, Carter signed the Presidential Records Act in 1978, though the law did not take effect until he was out of office and former President Ronald Reagan was in the White House. Before the law, presidential records were generally considered to be the president&#8217;s private property, not the government&#8217;s property, according to the AP.
The report about Carter comes after a series of classified document discoveries has hit one sitting president, one former president, and one former vice president in just the past six months. The FBI raided former President Donald Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida resort, in August to confiscate materials marked classified.
Attorneys for President Joe Biden found classified documents stored in his former office at a think-tank in Washington, D.C., and at the president’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, on four occasions. The FBI found more documents in the president’s Wilmington home when they searched the house on Friday evening.
An attorney for former Vice President Mike Pence <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-classified-documents-found-at-former-vp-mike-pences-home-in-indiana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> a batch of classified documents at Pence&#8217;s home in Indiana last week, which Pence promptly turned over to the National Archives, according to his team. The former vice president had his residence searched after the revelations about classified documents connected to Biden went public earlier this month.
Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed two special counsels to take over Justice Department investigations into Trump and Biden.
The bevy of recent discoveries has forced some Republicans and Democrats into an awkward dance about the leaders of their respective parties, both having kept materials marked classified at their private residences.
“They’re trying to attack former President Trump. Biden was chair of the Foreign Relations Committee” in the Senate, Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) told <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/23/biden-documents-democrats-concern-00079138" target="_blank" rel="noopener">POLITICO</a>. “He should have known better. And they were trying to claim the high ground on this issue when the shoe was on the other foot. And I think it’s a very tough issue for them to have to navigate right now.”
Democrats have maintained that Biden has handled the discovery better than Trump.
“He has done well by cooperating every step of the way, unlike Trump, but he still has documents that I don’t understand why he’d have in his personal possession,” Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-IL) said.

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This article is a companion piece to today’s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
Lindsey Graham Defends Biden
Amidst the fallout from the classified documents scandal, President Joe Biden received a statement of support from his friend Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who told the media that he did not suspect any purposeful wrongdoing by the president.
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Classified Docs Found At Pence&#8217;s Home
And, on Tuesday, an attorney for former Vice President Mike Pence <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-classified-documents-found-at-former-vp-mike-pences-home-in-indiana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that classified documents have also been found in his home in Indiana. Pence’s attorney said that his team notified the National Archives of the documents on January 18 after the discovery two days prior. Per protocol, the National Archives notified the FBI, which then searched the home last Thursday. Sources told CNN that the documents appear to have been inadvertently packed up from his vice presidential office and transported to his home without Pence’s knowledge.
Another California Mass Shooting Leaves 7 Dead Monday
A mass shooting in Half Moon Bay, California, on Monday, left seven people dead and another injured. Authorities say the suspect is a 66-year-old farm worker who opened fire on other migrants at two separate locations. Law enforcement says they believe the shooting may have been “workplace violence” — and that the suspect was employed at the first location, formerly known as the Mountain Mushroom Farm.
Republicans Vow To Investigate Penn Biden Center And Hunter&#8217;s Artwork
Republican House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-gop-will-trace-the-money-flowing-into-penn-biden-center-hunter-biden-art-sales-comer-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> this week that he intends to investigate donations to the Penn Biden Center, as well as who is purchasing Hunter Biden’s artwork as part of a probe into the Biden family’s financial ties. Comer has already sent requests for documents and other information to the White House, the University of Pennsylvania, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and others. He is planning more requests in the future and said he’s willing to subpoena information if he must.
DOJ Sues Google
The Department of Justice <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-to-file-antitrust-suit-against-google-alleging-digital-ad-monopoly-report-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued</a> Google over the company’s dominance in the digital advertising space. The DOJ&#8217;s lawsuit is the latest in a series of antitrust cases made against the company by federal and state government entities.
Trial Begins For Mark Houck, The Catholic Pro-Life Activist Biden’s DOJ Wants Behind Bars
The trial for Mark Houck, the Catholic father of seven and pro-life activist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trial-begins-for-mark-houck-the-catholic-pro-life-activist-bidens-doj-wants-behind-bars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> by the FBI last year, began on Tuesday. Houck is accused of violating the FACE act after he allegedly shoved a clinic escort to the ground after the escort allegedly hassled his son. Houck is facing 11 years behind bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines if convicted. An attorney for Houck has called the case clear “political prosecution.”
FDA Considers New COVID Guidelines
The FDA is considering new, simplified COVID vaccine guidelines. The recommendation is that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fda-committee-to-meet-over-covid-shots" target="_blank" rel="noopener">healthy adults</a> and children get a shot once a year. The proposal will be considered by a panel of vaccine experts on Thursday.
Four Illegal Aliens Charged With Stealing Thousands From NYC Macy&#8217;s 
Four migrants <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/four-migrants-bused-to-nyc-arrested-in-12k-theft-from-macys" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bused</a> to New York City from Texas were arrested for allegedly stealing more than $12,000 in items from Macy’s. The migrants were detained after being tracked down by Nassau County Police. They allegedly drove away from the crime scene on in a 2006 BMW with a false license plate.
Taylor Swift Protest At U.S. Capitol
Taylor Swift fans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/twitter-loses-it-over-senators-quoting-taylor-swift-songs-at-ticketmaster-hearing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">protested</a> at the Capitol today where the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing into Live Nation and the lack of competition in the ticketing industry. This comes after years of complaints about high fees and murky resale practices. The so-called “Swifties” are the company’s most vocal critics. Attorneys general of several states launched consumer protection investigations, while many lawmakers called for Ticketmaster to be broken up, and dozens of Swift fans have sued the company for fraud and antitrust violations.
Oscar Nominations Announced
Oscar nominations <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oscar-nominees-announced-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-leads-with-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were announced today</a> in Los Angeles. including a few nods to notable blockbusters. “Everything Everywhere All at Once” had the most nominations with 11, including a Best Picture nod. The other nominees in that category: “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “Elvis,” “The Fabelmans,” “Triangle of Sadness,” “Women Talking,” and “Top Gun: Maverick.” The awards show will be held on March 12.
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Tuesday Afternoon Update: Lindsey Graham Defends Biden, Report Says Pence Has Classified Docs, Corruption In Ukraine?

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Former Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-pence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Pence</a> said during an interview late last year that he did not take any classified documents with him from the White House.
The clip resurfaced Tuesday after an attorney for Pence reportedly found about a dozen documents marked classified at Pence’s home in Indiana last week.
Pence has since turned the documents over to the FBI, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/24/politics/pence-classified-documents-fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-reader-unique-id="5">CNN</a>. The reported discovery comes as the Justice Department has already tapped two special counsels to investigate classified document handling by President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-reader-unique-id="6">Joe Biden</a> and former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-reader-unique-id="7">Donald Trump</a>.
Pence directed his team to search his home in Indiana and office at his political advocacy group, Advancing American Freedom (AAF), following revelations that classified documents had been discovered in Biden’s office at the Penn Biden Center, a Washington think tank affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania. No classified papers turned up in the search of Pence’s offices at AAF.
Back in mid-November, Pence was asked on ABC News&#8217; &#8220;World News Tonight&#8221; with anchor David Muir whether he had taken any classified documents.
Pence responded, &#8220;I did not.&#8221;
&#8220;Do you see any reason for anyone to take classified documents with them, leaving the White House?&#8221; Muir pressed.
&#8220;​Well, there&#8217;d be no reason to have classified documents, particularly if they were in an unprotected area,&#8221; Pence responded. &#8220;But I will tell you that I believe there had to be many better ways to resolve that issue than executing a search warrant at the personal residence of a former President of the United States.&#8221;
&#8220;Executing a search warrant against a former President of the United States, for the first time in history, sent the wrong message to the wider world,&#8221; Pence told Muir. &#8220;I hope that the Justice Department will think carefully about next steps in that light.&#8221;
​&#8221;And do you hope that future presidents are also careful with the message they&#8217;re sending if they take classified documents with them from the White House?&#8221; Muir asked.
&#8220;​Of course,&#8221; Pence responded.
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Muir: &quot;Did you take any classified documents with you from the white house?&quot;
Pence: &quot;I did not.&quot;
Muir: &quot;Do you see any reason for anyone to take classified docs from the White House.&quot;
Pence: &quot;There would be no reason.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/VsUUntiwU1">pic.twitter.com/VsUUntiwU1</a>
&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1617937123948244993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> defended his former vice president on Tuesday after news broke that classified documents had been found at <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-pence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Pence</a>’s home in Indiana.
“Mike Pence is an innocent man. He never did anything knowingly dishonest in his life. Leave him alone!!!” Trump posted on his social media site, Truth Social.
An attorney for former Vice President Pence <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-classified-documents-found-at-former-vp-mike-pences-home-in-indiana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> about a dozen documents marked classified at his residence last week. The documents have since been handed over to the FBI.
Pence directed his team to search his home in Indiana and office at his political advocacy group, Advancing American Freedom (AAF), following revelations that classified documents had been discovered in President Joe Biden’s former personal office at the Penn Biden Center, a Washington think tank affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania, and at his Delaware home. No classified papers turned up in the search of Pence’s offices at AAF, according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vice-president-mike-pence-discovered-classified-documents-indiana-home" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a>.
It’s unclear what sensitivity level the documents found at Pence’s home were marked as, or what information was contained within them.
Trump is under investigation by Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith for boxes of documents marked classified and recovered by the FBI in an August 2022 raid on Trump’s Florida residence at Mar-a-Lago. Biden is also under special counsel investigation for his own handling of classified documents.
Attorney General Merrick Garland tapped attorney Robert Hur to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meet-robert-hur-special-counsel-investigating-bidens-handling-of-classified-docs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">serve</a> as special counsel and take over the DOJ’s investigation into Biden earlier this month.
Biden’s personal attorneys first found classified documents at the Penn Biden Center in early November, days before the 2022 midterm elections. Biden&#8217;s team found more documents stored in the garage of the president’s home in Wilmington in December. Subsequent searches of the home revealed more classified documents at the home on at least three occasions.
The latest discovery of sensitive materials at Biden’s home came on Friday after the FBI conducted an official search of the residence. Biden’s personal attorney, Bob Bauer, announced the findings of the search.
“DOJ took possession of materials it deemed within the scope of its inquiry, including six items consisting of documents with classification markings and surrounding materials, some of which were from the President’s service in the Senate and some of which were from his tenure as Vice President. DOJ also took for further review personally handwritten notes from the vice-presidential years,” Bauer said in a statement.

Trump Says Pence ‘Innocent’ After Classified Docs Discovery: ‘Never Did Anything Knowingly Dishonest In His Life’

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An attorney for former Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-pence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Pence</a> reportedly found about a dozen documents marked classified at Pence&#8217;s home in Indiana last week.
Pence has since turned the documents over to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a>, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/24/politics/pence-classified-documents-fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>. The reported discovery comes as the Justice Department has already tapped two special counsels to investigate classified document handling by President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> and former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>.
Pence directed his team to search his home in Indiana and office at his political advocacy group, Advancing American Freedom (AAF), following revelations that classified documents had been discovered in Biden&#8217;s office at the Penn Biden Center, a Washington think tank affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania. No classified papers turned up in the search of Pence&#8217;s offices at AAF, according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vice-president-mike-pence-discovered-classified-documents-indiana-home" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a>.
The former vice president informed the National Archives of the discovery of classified government documents at his home on January 18, Pence&#8217;s team told Fox News. The National Archives then informed the FBI about the discovery.
Pence&#8217;s team found classified documents in two small boxes. Two other boxes contained copies of papers from Pence&#8217;s time as vice president. The FBI collected the documents from Pence&#8217;s home on the evening of January 19. The documents were held in a safe until the FBI&#8217;s arrival, the Pence team told Fox News.
The discovery of classified documents at Pence&#8217;s house comes on the heels of another classified document scandal that has embroiled the White House. Attorneys for Biden found classified documents in Biden&#8217;s office at the Penn Biden Center last year days before the 2022 midterm elections.
Attorneys for Biden found more sensitive papers at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, on three separate occasions. Attorneys found a cache of documents in Biden&#8217;s garage, a group of five documents in his study, and then a lone document in his study again.
The FBI <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/21/politics/white-house-documents/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> more classified documents in a subsequent sweep of Biden&#8217;s home on Friday. Biden&#8217;s personal attorney, Bob Bauer, announced the findings of search.
“DOJ took possession of materials it deemed within the scope of its inquiry, including six items consisting of documents with classification markings and surrounding materials, some of which were from the President’s service in the Senate and some of which were from his tenure as Vice President. DOJ also took for further review personally handwritten notes from the vice-presidential years,” Bauer said in a statement.

Report: Classified Documents Found At Former VP Mike Pence’s Home In Indiana

The U.S. Department of Defense said Friday that service members discharged for refusal to comply with the COVID vaccine requirement might receive back pay after Pentagon officials repealed the mandate last week.
Pentagon officials ended the coronavirus vaccine mandate for the U.S. Military, which was instituted in August 2021, after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) forced an end to the program after Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in December.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin wrote in a memo on Tuesday that officials had formally rescinded the vaccine mandate for the U.S. Military and the National Guard, which <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/13/pentagon-back-pay-troops-covid-vaccine-mandate-00077902">Politico</a> reported &#8220;opened the door to reinstating troops&#8221; who believe they were wrongfully discharged.
However, officials still have not decided whether such service members would receive back pay.
&#8220;The Department is still exploring this and will provide its views on legislation of this nature at the appropriate time and through the appropriate process,&#8221; Pentagon spokesperson Maj. Charlie Dietz told the news outlet in a Friday email.
At the Biden administration&#8217;s direction, the Defense Department discharged more than 8,400 troops from the military, including some 3,300 Marines, 1,800 soldiers, 1,800 sailors, and 900 airmen that decided to forego taking the vaccine.
A federal judge wrote in December that thousands of other troops sought medical and religious exemptions.
Still, Secretary Austin said in the <a href="https://media.defense.gov/2023/Jan/10/2003143118/-1/-1/1/SECRETARY-OF-DEFENSE-MEMO-ON-RESCISSION-OF-CORONAVIRUS-DISEASE-2019-VACCINATION-REQUIREMENTS-FOR-MEMBERS-OF-THE-ARMED-FORCES.PDF">memo</a> that more than two million service members and about 96% of active duty and reserve forces had been fully vaccinated.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-house-leader-kevin-mccarthy-the-covid-vax-mandate-on-our-military-is-ending">asserted</a> that President Joe Biden and Austin opposed repealing the Defense Department&#8217;s vaccine mandate.
&#8220;Secretary Austin&#8217;s been very clear that he opposes the repeal of the vaccine mandate, and the president actually concurs with the secretary of defense,&#8221; Kirby stated, adding that Biden &#8220;continues to believe that all Americans, including those in the armed forces, should be vaccinated and boosted for COVID-19 . . . Vaccines are saving lives including our men and women in uniform.&#8221;
President Biden, however, eventually signed the bill after it made its way through Congress.
Former Vice President Mike Pence told <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3810810-pence-discharged-military-members-should-be-reinstated-get-back-pay-over-vaccine-mandates/">The Hill</a> last week after the Pentagon rescinded the mandate that Biden should reinstate the discharged troops with back pay, calling the initial decision to force service members to take the shot &#8220;unconscionable.&#8221;
&#8220;I think now that Secretary Austin has implemented what Congress passed into law, lifting the vaccine mandate on members of our armed forces, now I&#8217;m calling on the Biden administration and the Pentagon to reinstate every man and woman that was discharged from our armed forces because they refused to take the vaccine, and give them 100 percent back pay for the time after they were discharged,&#8221; Pence said.
Pence, who led the White House COVID task force during the Trump administration and supported Operation Warp Speed, which developed the vaccine years ahead of schedule, said the administration never supported mandating the shot, arguing such requirements contributed to why many Americans were skeptical about getting vaccinated.
&#8220;And I understand the concern that people in this country have about the vaccines, but I really believe it ultimately finds its origins in the fact that a vaccine mandate came along and people were required to take it.&#8221;

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Pentagon 'Exploring' Back Pay Options For Troops Discharged After Refusing COVID Vaccine 

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No, former Vice President Mike Pence did not file to run for president in 2024.
His spokesman, Devin O&#8217;Malley, quickly snuffed out early buzz stemming from a Statement of Candidacy form <a href="https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/P40010233/1673381" target="_blank" rel="noopener">submitted to the Federal Election Commission</a> in Pence&#8217;s name on Monday.
&#8220;Former Vice President Mike Pence did not file to run for President today,&#8221; O&#8217;Malley said in response to a reporter who tweeted Pence had entered the race.
The denial didn&#8217;t come fast enough, as some media outlets already went ahead and <a href="https://twitter.com/MSN/status/1607524344229695490">published stories</a> announcing Pence filed with the FEC.
&#8220;Someone filed a Pence filing. But it wasn’t Pence, his spokesman says, suggesting it was a prank,&#8221; tweeted New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman.
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Despite what appears to have been a stunt, Pence said last month he is giving &#8220;<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/14/pence-2024-run-prayerful-consideration-00066877" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prayerful consideration</a>&#8221; to a 2024 presidential bid.
If he does enter the fray, Pence would be setting himself up for a clash against his old boss, former President Donald Trump, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-trump-launches-third-bid-for-white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared his third campaign</a> for the White House last month.
Prior to serving four years as vice president, a tenure which ended with what Pence said was Trump <a href="https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/jan-6-committee-hearing-trump-updates/card/pence-says-trump-reckless-on-jan-6-but-shouldn-t-face-charges-aXILaSHoKHwPYi6ICaob" target="_blank" rel="noopener">acting &#8220;reckless&#8221;</a> on the day of the Capitol riot, Pence served as governor of Indiana and a member of the House of Representatives.

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After a sarcastic phone exchange with then-Vice President Mike Pence in 2020, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked her daughter, a documentarian who was filming her, a rhetorical question that would likely elicit strong responses from conservatives.
Pelosi had been listening to Pence speaking during a COVID teleconference while she was muted, the Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11535379/Am-b-Nancy-Pelosi-asked-daughter-Alexandra-mocking-Mike-Pence-COVID-response.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Her daughter Alexandra, filming her for a future documentary, asked, “What is the point of this call?” “They&#8217;re checking a box,” Pelosi answered. After unmuting herself to sarcastically tell Pence, “This has been a useful exchange,” followed by questions on how the Trump administration was following the spread of the virus, she signed off, “Happy Easter!”
After hanging up, she asked her daughter the question that could launch thousands of trolls, “Am I a b****?”
The entire exchange was shown in Alexandra Pelosi’s HBO documentary “Pelosi in the House,” which aired on Tuesday.
In January 2019, speaking on CNN’s “New Day,” Alexandra Pelosi bragged about her mother’s toughness, saying, “She’ll cut your head off and you won’t even know you’re bleeding.”
Pelosi was asked about her mother’s impending discussions on Wednesday with President Trump regarding the government shutdown.
Host John Berman started by asking, “If you can tell us what Speaker Pelosi thinks about going in —”
Pelosi stated, “John, we have known you for two decades. Do you think I’m the kind of person who is going to come on CNN and talk about my mother? Is that who you think I am?”
Berman persisted, “I’m asking you, you were a fantastic political reporter. How much does she approach meetings with President Trump, A, and B, just what are your feelings about this person, who you know quite well, becoming Speaker of the House for a second time?”
Pelosi continued:
<blockquote>She’ll cut your head off and you won’t even know you’re bleeding. That’s all you need to know about her, No one ever won betting against Nancy Pelosi. She’s persevered. You&#8217;ve got to give her credit, no matter what you think of her, you have to give her credit, because, think about it. Think about all those presidents she’s endured, right? She was the Bush, the Bush, the Clinton, you know, she’s been through it all. So, she’s been around. This is not her first rodeo, as your friend George Bush would say. So she knows what she’s doing. And that’s — should make you sleep at night that at least somebody in this town knows what they&#8217;re doing.</blockquote>
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