FBI searches former VP Mike Pence’s home for documents in probe

Following the discovery of documents with classification markings last month, the FBI is conducting a consensual search of former Vice President Mike Pence’s home in Indiana on Friday, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
Pence’s aides agreed to the Department of Justice’s request to schedule a search, after they had been in contact with his legal team.
The FBI refrained from giving a statement and instead directed questions to the Justice Department. The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to comment.
According to a source familiar with the search, the former vice president is not present and is currently out of town. The source said that, however, a member of Pence’s legal team is on site.
According to the source, the FBI has been given unrestricted access to the premises, and the search is expected to take several hours.
ABC News reported Thursday that multiple sources familiar with the matter had stated that the special counsel overseeing probes into former President Donald Trump had subpoenaed Pence.
ABC News, citing sources, reported that a subpoena from special counsel Jack Smith requests documents and testimony concerning President Trump and his allies’ unsuccessful endeavor to overturn the 2020 election, culminating in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
ABC News was told by sources that the FBI was given classified documents that were located at Pence’s Indiana home in mid-January. Around a dozen documents marked as classified were found by a lawyer for Pence who conducted the search.
We will provide updates on this developing story in The Brownstone as we get more information.