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No. The content mattered too. National Archives were actively looking for the documents because they were missing and important. 
Biden, Pence… they didn’t even notice the documents were missing.
Pence wrote classified on some folders and turned himself in. He hates feeling left out. >

Well, if presidents can declassify documents just by thinking it, then surely vice presidents can classify them by thought, right? >

Pence just had to get permission from Mother first >

Skinnnerrrr...... >

Mmmm....steamed hams! >

Genuine question: How common is it to find these kind of document outside of their office? My understanding was that it's pretty common, since it's paper after all. But it became a big deal because Trump refused to return it. 
So how common is it and would this have gone non-controversially had Trump just returned it when they asked for it? >


But it became a big deal because Trump refused to return it.

And the contents of the documents. If he had only stole ceremonial stuff it might not have ever become an issue. Trump stole information that likely lead to the deaths of US human assets. I'm willing to bet that the level of info available to the VP is not equal to the sitting President.
Tldr: Trump stole info that probably got people killed. It was never simply that he did what everyone else did. He ALWAYS does the worst possible version. >

Trump's problem is less that he had the documents, and more that he refused to return them, stonewalled recovery, and hid them, thus forcing the DoJ to get a warrant and carry out a serch to get them back.
If his response had been "Oops, sorry. Here, have them all back." like Biden and now Pence have done, it wouldn't have been a story at all.