By Jamie Gangel, Jeremy Herb, Elizabeth Stuart, Evan Perez

CNN

January 26, 2023

 

The roughly 12 classified documents found at the Indiana home of former Vice President Mike Pence included materials described as background briefing memos that were prepared for Pence's foreign trips, multiple sources told CNN.

One source said some of those classified documents were likely used to prepare Pence for foreign meetings while he was vice president and may have been overlooked during the packing process because they were tucked into old trip binders.

According to another source, the classified briefing materials would not have been visible unless the packers went through the binders page by page.