REUTERS
Former Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday he had not been aware that classified documents were at his Indiana home and said he takes “full responsibility” for the security breach.
Pence, speaking at Florida International University in Miami, said a review was conducted of his personal records after classified documents were found at President Joe Biden’s home in Delaware.
“Along the way we determined that there was a small number of documents marked classified or sensitive interspersed in my personal papers,” he said. Pence said he was not aware the documents were there.
“Let me be clear: those classified document should not have been in my personal residence,” Pence said. “Mistakes were made and I take full responsibility,” he said.
Classified documents have also been found at the Florida home of Pence’s former boss, former President Donald Trump. Trump has entered the race for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024 and Pence has left the door open to a run.