Advertisment:Claim: Federal law does not give U.S. vice presidents authority to declassify government documents. Rating: About this rating False Context Under an Obama-era executive order, vice presidents have the authority to classify and declassify documents — just like presidents. However, the claim that federal law does not give vice presidents the power to declassify government documents, and reserves that authority for presidents, is false. Before the 2009 executive order, vice presidents could only classify and declassify documents under certain conditions. In sum, under an Obama-era executive order, vice presidents have the authority to classify and declassify documents — just like presidents.

Source: New York Times January 13, 2023 22:10 UTC