According to his lawyer, the documents "were inadvertently boxed up and transported to the personal home of the former vice president at the end of the administration."

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Mike Pence's lawyer reported this Tuesday that confidential documents were located in the house of the former US vice president last week.

In recent months there were similar findings in the residence of former President Donald Trump and in the private office used by Joe Biden in the period that he was out of active politics (2017-2020).

"The additional files appear to be a smaller number of classified-marked documents that were inadvertently boxed up and transported to the former vice president's personal home at the end of the administration," attorney Greg Jacob told the National Archives in a letter sent Thursday. last week.

According to the AP, Jacob added that "Pence was unaware of the existence of sensitive or classified documents at his personal residence and understands the paramount importance of protecting sensitive and classified information and is ready and willing to fully cooperate with the National Archives and any appropriate investigation.

In August 2022, the FBI found documents marked “top secret”, “secret” and “confidential” at Trump's Florida mansion.

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The FBI raided the New York tycoon's property after obtaining a search warrant on suspicion that the former president violated the Espionage Act and committed other crimes such as obstruction of justice and criminal mishandling of government records.

The agents seized more than 100 classified government documents during the search at Mar-a-Lago, the same place where members of Trump's entourage and other guests gathered for their leisure activities and which received questions about the level of security.

More recently, it was learned that in November they were found in the private office that Joe Biden, the current president, used in the three years he was out of active politics (2017-2020), papers that he presumably accumulated during his time as vice president and that they included classified documents on Iran, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.

As reported by CNN at the time, the latter were between 10 and 12 documents, from the period 2013-2016.

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According to NBC News, an unnamed source reported that since November, following the aforementioned discovery, the president's aides have been searching for any additional classified material that might be in other places Biden used.

However, the classification level, number and exact location of the additional documents found are still unknown, according to the report.

(With agency information)