Pence not to be charged over classified docs: DOJ

The Department of Justice has notified former Vice President Mike Pence that no criminal charges will be sought in their investigation into his handling of classified documents after leaving office.
2:49 | 06/03/23

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TONIGHT. ROB, THANK YOU. NEXT TONIGHT, HERE WE HAVE NEW TONIGHT, HERE WE HAVE NEW REPORTING ON FORMER PRESIDENT REPORTING ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HANDLING OF HIGHLY TRUMP'S HANDLING OF HIGHLY CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. ABC NEWS CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. ABC NEWS HAS LEARNED THAT DONALD TRUMP'S HAS LEARNED THAT DONALD TRUMP'S LAWYERS WERE UNABLE TO FIND THAT LAWYERS WERE UNABLE TO FIND THAT SENSITIVE DOCUMENT TRUMP WAS SENSITIVE DOCUMENT TRUMP WAS ALLEGEDLY HEARD ON A RECORDING ALLEGEDLY HEARD ON A RECORDING SAYING HE KEPT AFTER LEAVING THE SAYING HE KEPT AFTER LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE ABOUT A POTENTIAL US WHITE HOUSE ABOUT A POTENTIAL US ATTACK ON IRAN DURING THE TRUMP ATTACK ON IRAN DURING THE TRUMP YEARS. HERE'S OUR CHIEF JUSTICE YEARS. HERE'S OUR CHIEF JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT, PIERRE THOMAS CORRESPONDENT, PIERRE THOMAS TONIGHT. TONIGHT ABC NEWS TONIGHT. TONIGHT ABC NEWS LEARNING OF A SURPRISING NEW LEARNING OF A SURPRISING NEW CONCERN ABOUT FORMER PRESIDENT CONCERN ABOUT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED TRUMP'S HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. S SPECIFICALLY ONE DOCUMENTS. S SPECIFICALLY ONE ABOUT THE US POSSIBLY ATTACKING ABOUT THE US POSSIBLY ATTACKING IRAN DURING HIS ADMINISTRATION. IRAN DURING HIS ADMINISTRATION. AFTER AN AUDIO RECORDING OF THE AFTER AN AUDIO RECORDING OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT SURFACED FROM FORMER PRESIDENT SURFACED FROM JULY 2021 SAYING HE KEPT A JULY 2021 SAYING HE KEPT A SENSITIVE MILITARY DOCUMENT SENSITIVE MILITARY DOCUMENT AFTER LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE. AFTER LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE. ABC NEWS LEARNED THAT THE ABC NEWS LEARNED THAT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL CALLED ON SPECIAL COUNSEL CALLED ON TRUMP'S ATTORNEY TO PRODUCE IT, TRUMP'S ATTORNEY TO PRODUCE IT, BUT HIS ATTORNEYS, ACCORDING TO BUT HIS ATTORNEYS, ACCORDING TO SOURCES, WERE UNABLE TO FIND IT. SOURCES, WERE UNABLE TO FIND IT. A TOWN HALL MEETING IN IOWA A TOWN HALL MEETING IN IOWA OVERNIGHT. TRUMP WAS DISMISSIVE. OVERNIGHT. TRUMP WAS DISMISSIVE. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. ALL I KNOW IS THIS ABOUT IT. ALL I KNOW IS THIS EVERY THING I DID WAS RIGHT. WE EVERY THING I DID WAS RIGHT. WE HAVE THE PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS HAVE THE PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS ACT, WHICH I ABIDED BY 100. I ACT, WHICH I ABIDED BY 100. I HAVE THE RIGHT TO DECLASSIFY AS HAVE THE RIGHT TO DECLASSIFY AS PRESIDENT. BUT TRUMP BROUGHT PRESIDENT. BUT TRUMP BROUGHT HUNDREDS OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS HUNDREDS OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS TO MAR A LAGO HAGGLING WITH THE TO MAR A LAGO HAGGLING WITH THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES FOR MONTHS, NATIONAL ARCHIVES FOR MONTHS, HANDING OVER DOCUMENTS HANDING OVER DOCUMENTS RELUCTANTLY, HE EVENTUALLY RELUCTANTLY, HE EVENTUALLY FACING A SUBPOENA. AND WHEN FBI FACING A SUBPOENA. AND WHEN FBI AGENTS GOT A TIP, HE HAD STILL AGENTS GOT A TIP, HE HAD STILL MORE DOCUMENTS, EVEN AFTER HIS MORE DOCUMENTS, EVEN AFTER HIS ATTORNEY SAID THEY'D PRODUCED ATTORNEY SAID THEY'D PRODUCED EVERYTHING THEY TOOK THE EVERYTHING THEY TOOK THE DRAMATIC STEP OF SEARCHING HIS DRAMATIC STEP OF SEARCHING HIS HOME, FINDING MORE THAN 100 HOME, FINDING MORE THAN 100 HIGHLY SENSITIVE PAPERS, SOURCES HIGHLY SENSITIVE PAPERS, SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS TRUMP'S ACTIONS TELLING ABC NEWS TRUMP'S ACTIONS STAND IN CONTRAST TO THAT OF STAND IN CONTRAST TO THAT OF MIKE PENCE, WHO WAS JUST TODAY MIKE PENCE, WHO WAS JUST TODAY CLEARED OF POSSIBLY MISHANDLING CLEARED OF POSSIBLY MISHANDLING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AS WELL CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AS WELL UPON DISCOVERING THEM IN HIS UPON DISCOVERING THEM IN HIS INDIANA HOME. PENCE'S TEAM INDIANA HOME. PENCE'S TEAM ALERTED AUTHORITIES IMMEDIATELY ALERTED AUTHORITIES IMMEDIATELY AND ALLOWED THEM TO SEARCH AND ALLOWED THEM TO SEARCH WITHOUT A WARRANT. THOSE WITHOUT A WARRANT. THOSE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS SHOULD NOT CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN MY PERSONAL HAVE BEEN IN MY PERSONAL RESIDENCE. MISTAKES WERE MADE. RESIDENCE. MISTAKES WERE MADE. IT WAS AN EMBARRASSING MOMENT IT WAS AN EMBARRASSING MOMENT BECAUSE JUST WEEKS BEFORE HERE'S BECAUSE JUST WEEKS BEFORE HERE'S WHAT MIKE PENCE TOLD DAVID. LET WHAT MIKE PENCE TOLD DAVID. LET ME ASK YOU, AS WE SIT HERE IN ME ASK YOU, AS WE SIT HERE IN YOUR HOME OFFICE IN INDIANA, DID YOUR HOME OFFICE IN INDIANA, DID YOU TAKE ANY CLASSIFIED YOU TAKE ANY CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS WITH YOU FROM THE DOCUMENTS WITH YOU FROM THE WHITE HOUSE? I DID NOT. DO YOU WHITE HOUSE? I DID NOT. DO YOU SEE ANY REASON FOR ANYONE IN TO SEE ANY REASON FOR ANYONE IN TO TAKE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS WITH TAKE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS WITH THEM LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE? THEM LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE? WELL, THERE'D BE NO REASON TO WELL, THERE'D BE NO REASON TO HAVE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS, HAVE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS, PARTICULARLY IF THEY WERE IN AN PARTICULARLY IF THEY WERE IN AN UNPROTECTED AREA. AFTER THE UNPROTECTED AREA. AFTER THE DISCOVERY. PENCE SAYING IT WAS DISCOVERY. PENCE SAYING IT WAS AN UNINTENTIONAL ERROR. AND AN UNINTENTIONAL ERROR. AND TONIGHT, FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS, TONIGHT, FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS, IT SEEMS, WOULD AGREE THE IT SEEMS, WOULD AGREE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TELLING HIS JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TELLING HIS ATTORNEYS IN A LETTER REVIEWED ATTORNEYS IN A LETTER REVIEWED BY ABC NEWS THAT THE BY ABC NEWS THAT THE INVESTIGATION HAD BEEN CLOSED INVESTIGATION HAD BEEN CLOSED WITHOUT ANY NEED FOR WITHOUT ANY NEED FOR PROSECUTION. THAT'S GOOD NEWS PROSECUTION. THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR PENCE, WHO IS SET TO FOR PENCE, WHO IS SET TO OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE HIS CAMPAIGN OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE HIS CAMPAIGN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE NEXT WEEK. FOR THE WHITE HOUSE NEXT WEEK. AS FOR CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AS FOR CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS DISCOVERED IN PRESIDENT BIDEN'S DISCOVERED IN PRESIDENT BIDEN'S HOME AND OFFICES, THAT REMAINS HOME AND OFFICES, THAT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY ANOTHER UNDER INVESTIGATION BY ANOTHER SPECIAL COUNSEL, DAVID

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