“When I informed the Department of Justice that we had classified materials potentially in our home. ... The FBI was on my front doorstep the next day. ... When Joe Biden apparently alerted the Department of Justice, 80 days later, they showed up at his office.”
Mike Pence
Republican presidential candidate. CNN town hall. Claim dated 7 Jun 2023.
FactCheck.org rated thisDistorts the Facts
What FactCheck.org found
That’s not an accurate account of how things unfolded regarding classified documents held by Biden.
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In short
Mike Pence (Republican presidential candidate) made this claim around 7 June 2023. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 8 June 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “Distorts the Facts”.
Mike Pence has 46 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 25 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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