Trump Defends Pence After Classified Docs Discovery
Former President Donald Trump Represented former Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday, after classified documents were found at Pence’s home in Indiana.
“Mike Pence is an innocent man. He never did anything knowingly dishonest in his life. Leave him alone!!!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social Account on January 24,
Pence’s lawyer, Greg Jacob, told In a Jan. 18 mail, the National Archives and Records Administration stated that they had received a request from the a “small number of documents” marked classified were found at Pence’s Indiana home two days earlier. These documents were “inadvertently boxed and transported” to the former vice president’s home at the end of the Trump–Pence administration.
Jacob said that Pence hired outside counsel to review documents stored at his home. Jacob added that classified documents were also discovered. “immediately secured” Keep it in a safe place.
“Vice President understands the high importance of protecting sensitive and classified information and stands ready and willing to cooperate fully with the National Archives and any appropriate inquiry,” Jacob wrote.
FBI agents visited Pence’s residence on Jan. 19 and collected the documents that had been secured, according to Jacob. Pence was visiting Washington at that time to attend the March for Life rally.
The discovery of classified documents at Pence’s home came on the heel of investigations by the Department of Justice over classified documents found in President Joe Biden’s Delaware home and his former office space in Washington, as well as in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre did not comment on Tuesday when a reporter asked if the White House had any reaction to Pence’s documents.
“I’m not going to comment on any ongoing criminal investigation or any investigation,” She said. “As you all know, the Department of Justice is independent, and we will not politically interfere.”
Congress
The news of the discovery of classified documents at Pence’s residence has generated mixed responses from lawmakers.
Chairman, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability James Comer (Republican from Kentucky) released a statement declaring that Pence had accepted to work with congressional oversight.
“Former Vice President Mike Pence reached out today about classified documents found at his home in Indiana,” Comer wrote. “He has agreed to fully cooperate with congressional oversight and any questions we have about the matter.
“Former Vice President Pence’s transparency stands in stark contrast to Biden White House staff who continue to withhold information from Congress and the American people.”
Comer charged the White House with a conspiracy to obstruct justice on Jan. 22. “stonewalling” a Republican investigation into Biden’s handling of classified documents.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.Rep. Jamie Raskin (D.Md.), is the ranking member of House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. He issued a statement affirming that the Department of Justice must conduct its probes.
“It is critical that we allow the Justice Department to carry out its investigations and follow the facts in specific cases, and we should work together on a bipartisan basis to improve all relevant federal policies and practices,” Raskin wrote. “There is plainly a lot of work to do.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) wrote on Twitter on Jan. 24 that he believed neither Biden, Trump, nor Pence had anything “sinister” How they handled classified documents.
“I don’t believe there were ‘sinister motives’ with regards to the handling of classified information by President Biden, President Trump, or Vice President Pence,” Graham wrote. “We have a classified information problem which needs to be fixed.”
Special Counsel
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., said that it remains to see if Attorney General Merrick Garland would nominate a special counsel in order to investigate Pence.
“Whether or not Mike Pence gets a special counsel for classified documents found at his residence is dependent on if he announces that he is running for president,” Gaetz posted on Twitter.
Trump announced In November 2012, he made his third run for the presidency. Biden was not present. has indicated That he will seek reelection.
Garland on January 12, appointed Robert Hur, a former federal prosecutor, as special counsel overseeing the inquiry into Biden’s documents.
Garland appointed Jack Smith As special counsel, I oversee the DOJ probes relating to Trump in November.
FBI agents raided Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida in August 2022, seizing Over 11,000 photographs and documents without classified markings, and approximately 100 documents marked classified and top secret. Trump said that he would not sign any classified markings on over 11,000 documents and photographs. There are also around 100 classified or top secret documents. declassified The materials were still in use when he was out of office.
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