FBI searches Mike Pence Indiana home amid classified document investigation, sources say
Former Vice President Mike Pence last month turned over classified documents discovered at the Indiana home
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}FBI agents on Friday searched former Vice President Mike Pence's residence as federal authorities continue their classified document investigation, two sources confirmed to Fox News.
Local police blocked off the entrance to the Carmel, Indiana, home before federal investigators arrived in a white vehicle.
The search was planned for days, the sources said, with the full consent of the former vice president.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Former Vice President Mike Pence's Indiana home is seen from the air as a police vehicle is seen in the driveway on Friday. (NewsNation)
A police vehicle blocks the entrance to former Vice President Mike Pence's Indiana home on Friday. (Fox News)
Pence is not at home during the investigation — he is currently in California visiting his daughter, who recently gave birth to his second grandchild.
Authorities will be assisted by an attorney representing Pence, if necessary.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The officials could be seen showing a badge to local police before being granted entry to the residence.
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE DISCOVERED CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS IN INDIANA HOME
Former Vice President Mike Pence meets with social conservative leaders and activists on the morning of the annual March for Life rally opposing legalized abortion in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2023. (Andrea Hanks for Advancing American Freedom)
A police vehicle blocks the entrance to former Vice President Mike Pence's Indiana home on Friday. (Fox News)
Pence informed Congress last month that he discovered documents bearing classified markings from his time as vice president on Jan. 16. This search is to check that nothing was missed, the sources indicated.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}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."
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Pence's team found the documents following revelations that classified documents from President Biden's tenure as vice president were found at the Penn Biden Center think tank in Washington, D.C., and at the president's home in Wilmington, Delaware.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Fox News' John Roberts contributed to this report.