FBI to search Mike Pence’s home for classified documents

The FBI will search former Vice President Mike Pence’s home in Indiana for additional classified documents, according to a report Thursday.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Pence’s lawyers are currently talking to the Justice Department to schedule the search after the former VP revealed Jan. 24 that he too had found classified documents in his personal residence. 

Pence’s revelations came after sensitive material was found at former President Trump’s Mar-A-Lago home, as well as in President Biden’s personal residence in Delaware and his former office at a DC think tank.

Trump’s documents were found in a warrant-backed FBI raid last August, while Biden’s attorneys and federal investigators located material held by the current president in a series of searches beginning in November and continuing through this week. Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed special prosecutors to helm both investigations.

Pence is expected to run for president in 2024, challenging his former boss Trump in the Republican primary — which might force Garland to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Pence as well.

Pence copped to finding the documents a month after denying he had taken any sensitive files. His lawyers said he took the documents by mistake and that he was fully cooperating with the investigation, echoing Biden’s explanation for his lawyers’ own findings.

A source close to the former governor of Indiana told the WSJ that Pence does not expect more documents to be found in the FBI’s search.

FBI agents searched Biden’s vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Del. on Wednesday, but did not find any additional documents marked classified. However, Biden attorney Bob Bauer said investigators had taken “some materials and handwritten notes that appear to relate to his time as Vice President.”

The Justice Department declined to comment to the Wall Street Journal.

Pence spokesman Devin O’Malley reacted angrily to the Journal report, tweeting: “It’s ironic that law enforcement agencies entrusted with our nation’s secrets keep talking to the press about their work.”

When asked for a further comment by The Post, O’Malley answered: “We aren’t confirming DOJ leaks.”