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Former Vice President Mike Pence's team didn't start packing up his documents until after January 6, due to then President Donald Trump's insistence that everyone in the administration act like they were staying for a second term.
CBS News reported Thursday on why the ex-vice president's aides got a late start in moving him out of his office after he and Trump lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden.
Trump had refused to concede the election to Biden and lied about there being widespread fraud in an attempt to stay in office.
However, the election was certified for Biden in the early hours of January 7, 2021, after Pence refused to cooperate in a scheme to choose fake slates of Trump electors over legitimate ones for Biden in swing states - with the votes delayed due to the MAGA attack on the Capitol.
Pence's packing commenced after that.
Pence gave Biden some political cover this week with the announcement that classifed documents were found at his Indiana home.
Former Vice President Mike Pence's team didn't start packing up his documents until after January 6, due to then President Donald Trump's insistence that everyone in the administration act like they were staying for a second term, CBS News reported Thursday
Classified documents were found at Pence's $1.9 million Carmel, Indiana home earlier this month, with the former vice president promptly informing the National Archives and turning them over to the FBI
Pence's team didn't start packing up his office until after January 6, due to Trump wanting it to look like the administration was staying for a second term. The vice president's main office is located in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (pictured) next to the White House
On Wednesday, CNN reported that the documents were background briefings ahead of foreign trips.
The documents - around 12 - were found on January 16, and on January 18 Pence's aides alerted the National Archives.
Sources now tell CNN that the documents were of a lesser classification than the top secret papers found at Biden's Delaware home and Washington, D.C. office and the more than 300 files found at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.
It is not unusual for senior government officials to have classified documents in their homes, as they are required for late-night research and reference, but they should be turned over to the National Archives once the official leaves office.
Biden and Pence followed procedure by immediately informing the authorities as soon as the documents were found.
Trump, on the other hand, dragged his heels for 15 months, driving the FBI to ultimately raid his Florida home to seize the documents and confiscate them.
Earlier on Wednesday, a top Democrat applauded Biden and Pence's handling of the matter - while admitting he was 'frustrated' they had removed the documents in the first place.
'I'm frustrated if anyone doesn't handle confidential secret documents in the manner in
