FBI agents searched former Vice President Mike Pence‘s residence Friday as federal authorities continue their classified document investigation, two sources confirmed to Fox News.
Local police blocked off the entrance to the Indiana residence before federal investigators arrived in a white vehicle.
Sources claim the search was planned for days and noted Pence is not at home Friday.
Last month, Pence informed Congress that he discovered documents bearing classified markings from his time as vice president on Jan. 16.
Pence attorney Greg Jacob wrote on Jan. 18 to Acting Director Kate Dillon McClure of the White House Liaison Division National Archives and Records Administration to inform her of the papers “containing classified markings.”
The search comes after the FBI escalated its criminal investigation into Donald Trump but issued a subpoena to his former vice president.
According to previous reports from American Liberty News:
Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Mr. Smith in November to examine efforts to undo the election results as well as to probe the handling of classified documents found at Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. That investigation has intensified over a year to include an extraordinary warrant-backed search of the property in August.
Mr. Pence declined to speak to the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by Mr. Trump's supporters. But the former vice president has viewed the Justice Department investigation as different from the House inquiry, which he considered partisan, according to people familiar with his thinking.
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