Former top diplomatic and national security appointees eyeing the 2024 presidential race could face questions over their possible handling of classified documents as the saga engulfing President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump, and now former Vice President Mike Pence continues to grow.
The discovery of classified materials in Pence’s Indiana home has fueled questions about who else may have secret files in their possession.
A State Department official recounted filing a complaint with the Office of Inspector General about the practice, telling Palmeri that an unclassified memo attached to the complaint was returned classified after a political appointee reviewed it. Haley had appeared to lose her password just as North Korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile with a range that could hit Alaska, with the trove of documents returned showing extensive redactions labeled with their classification status, the Daily Beast reported.
Trump’s intelligence briefings included discussions of nuclear weapons information on occasion and sometimes photographs or graphs that he would ask to hold on to, Bolton said.