JUST IN | The Justice Department has closed its investigation into the possible mishandling of classified documents found at former Vice President Mike Pence’s home. He will not face criminal charges.
WASHINGTON D.C. — and will not bring any charges, according to a letter from the DOJ obtained by CNN.
In January, Pence’s attorney found about a dozen documents marked classified in Pence’s Indiana home after the former vice president asked his lawyer to search his records following the disclosure of classified documents in Joe Biden’s possession in Delaware. Pence’s advisers say they felt the former vice president’s discovery of classified documents stood in stark contrast to Trump’s, both in terms of the original process Pence’s team followed when his documents were packed up at the end of the Trump administration – when a small number of classified papers were accidentally packed – and Pence’s immediate cooperation with the FBI and the National Archives.
This week, CNN first reported that prosecutors obtained an audio recording from summer 2021 in which Trump acknowledges he held onto a classified Pentagon document about a potential attack on Iran.
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