classified documents were inadvertently taken to pence s indiana home after he left the vice presidency according to a letter his legal team sent to the national archives and obtained by nbc news. they say the former vp asked his team to conduct a search and was unaware that he had the secret material in his home. it was discovered january 16th. by january 18th the letter was sent to the national archives. the next day the fbi took possession of the documents. pence s team says he is cooperating fully. it comes after he was asked last year if he took classified documents after leaving the vice presidency. i did not. tonight there s bipartisan criticism that a sitting president, a former president, and now a former vice president have all acknowledged having classified material in unsecured locations. we have an epidemic of senior leaders taking classified home and we have to say categorically whether republican or democrat
according to these letters to the national archives obtained by nbc news. the lawyer says that the documents were, quote, inadvertently boxed and transported to pence s home when he left office, adding that pence was unaware of the existence of sensitive or classified documents at his personal residence. pence has repeatedly denied taking classified documents to his home. when asked by abc news last november i did not. reporter: pence recently criticized president biden for the act to have taking classified documents after leaving office. the handling of classified materials and the nation s secrets is a very serious matter. i can speak from personal experience about the attention that ought to be paid to those materials, when you re in office and after you leave office and clearly, that did not take place in this case. pence s lawyer says the search was done january 16th after classified materials were found president biden s home. on january 18th, they notified the national
carmel, indiana, home on januars vice president. following the revelations that classified documents from president biden s tenure as vice president were found, the penn biden center think tank and his home in wilmington, delaware. the vice president s team conducted searches of mike pence indiana home and advocate group advancing american freedom office. so, marc come i will come to you first as i m going through. two letter sent to the national archives have been january 18th and january 22nd. foxnews.com digital has obtained this document. let me click on it here. dear miss mcclure, vice president s designated representative to the national archives are a right to request your assistance with collecting and transferring to the custody of national archives and additional set of vice presidential records.
now mounting on germany to authorize the transfer of german-made leopard 2 tanks to ukraine, something both nato allies and president zelenskyy have called for. ukrainian tank commander roman has been fighting in bakhmut, calling his current equipment stupid and vulnerable to enemy weapons. but with more modern tanks like the leopards, he says, ukrainian forces would be unstoppable. bakhmut reportedly cost the lives of tens of thousands on both sides. one of them, former navy s.e.a.l., daniel swift. swift went awol in 2019 and was declared a deserter after 14 years of service. the navy confirming he was killed in ukraine on january 18th. outside bakhmut, we met canadian volunteer brandon mitchell. oh, that s ours. reporter: that s going out. that s ours. reporter: mitchell sharing video from a mission to evacuate three civilians from bakhmut last week, showing a city in ruins. every step, treacherous.
she went to a home goods and t. j. max and bottles as well as bath mats and men s clothing, and also went to lowe s and bought squeeze in a trash can. january 6th, police start a massive search in cohasset. january 8th, charge walsh is charged with misleading investigators. through this investigation, the police developed probable cause, to believe that her husband, brian walshe, age 47, material matters important to the search for ana walshe. walshe is taken into custody and not guilty is centered on his behalf the next day. january 9th, prosecutors say investigators recover a bloody knife in a family basement, also finding a hacksaw and torn up pieces of cloth with apparent bloodstains at a trash facility. this is according to law enforcement sources. january 17th, walshe is charged with his wife s murder, january 18th, walsh appears in court and pleads not guilty to murder. a judge ordered him held