Mike Pence has promised to cooperate with the House Oversight Committee after classified documents were found at the former vice president’s Indiana home.
Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said Pence contacted his committee about the documents and pledged to “fully cooperate” with an investigation. Pence is the third executive branch official found to be in possession of classified documents in recent years after sensitive records were found at both President Joe Biden’s and former President Donald Trump’s homes.
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“Former Vice President Mike Pence reached out today about classified documents found at his home in Indiana. He has agreed to fully cooperate with congressional oversight and any questions we have about the matter,” Comer said in a Tuesday statement.
Pence notified Congress of the discovery on Tuesday after officials working with him discovered the documents last week. The documents were handed over to the National Archives and eventually the FBI on Jan. 19.
Trump came to his former deputy’s defense in a Truth Social Post, saying, “Mike Pence is an innocent man. He never did anything knowingly dishonest in his life. Leave him alone!!!”
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) urged other former presidents and vice presidents to search their homes for classified records.
“I would have thought … that anyone who served in any of these roles as president and vice president that are still living would say: go check your closets,” said Warner, who serves as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
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The committee is investigating Biden’s handling of classified documents after several batches were found at the president’s Delaware home, as well as his office at the Penn Biden Center. Special counsels are investigating the president in addition to Trump over their records handling.
Trump’s records came to light after the FBI raided his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida in August. Biden’s lawyers first found the documents at his think tank office days before the midterm elections in November, but they didn’t become public until earlier this month.
