OnPolitics: Who else is searching their former offices?

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during an interview in New York City on Nov. 15, 2022 about his new autobiography, "So Help Me God," that chronicles his life and his time in the Trump administration.
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After classified documents were found at the home of another high-profile politician, former VP Mike Pence, who else is searching their former offices?

Not Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, David Jackson reports for the blog: Aides for the former presidents say they are not searching their offices for classified documents because those items were turned over when they left office.

  • Bush's office said: “That search was conducted before he left the White House, when all of his Presidential records – classified and unclassified – were turned over to the National Archives."

  • Obama's office responded: "Consistent with the Presidential Records Act, all of President Obama’s classified records were submitted to the National Archives upon leaving office. NARA continues to assume physical and legal custody of President Obama’s materials to date."

  • According to Clinton's office: “All of President Clinton’s classified materials were properly turned over to NARA in accordance with the Presidential Records Act.”

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