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How does mainstream media continue to get this wrong OR are they just lying?

   PolitiFact - Fact-checking Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, and Ukraine Editor's Note, Sept. 23, 2019: This story was first published May 9, 2019; we have since published additional coverage t @POLITIFACT How does mainstream media continue to get this wrong OR are they just lying? PolitiFact’s “Fact check” is far from being “Half True” and should at the very least be “Mostly True”. We also know from pictures and WhatsApp messages that Joe Biden’s claim of never talking to his son about his business dealings is 100% false. Direct Quotes: The episode involved his son Hunter Biden’s work on behalf of a Ukrainian energy company at a time when the elder Biden was vice president and a key figure in U.S. policy on Ukraine. Hunter Biden did hold a directorship for a Ukrainian gas company while his father was vice president. Experts agree that Hunter Biden's acceptance of the position created a conflict of interest for his father.  The position with Burisma came at a time wh...

This article appears to confirm that the president “has the ability to declassify anything at any time without any process".

  https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/16/james-risch/does-president-have-ability-declassify-anything-an/ This article appears to confirm that the president “has the ability to declassify anything at any time without any process". Experts agree that the president’s classification powers are very board and that they are “ultimately responsible for classification and declassification. According to a 1988 Supreme Court case and Article II of the constitution the court found that the control of access to information directly flows from the power of the President. While interviewing a University Law professor they stated “"There’s no question that the president has broad authority to declassify almost anything at any time without any process”. One reason that this article was deemed “mostly true” is because of two “caveats” the second being that it’s not a “sensible” idea. I would love to confirm with John Pike (the director of globalsecurity.org) that if a verified sour...