“Joe Biden "kept documents he had no power to declassify in a building funded by China.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 18 Jan 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisNeeds Context
What PolitiFact found
Broadly speaking, vice presidents can declassify documents. It is unknown how this applies to the documents in Biden's case. A spokesman says the Penn Biden Center never solicited or received gifts from China.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 18 January 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 31 January 2023, 13 days later. Its rating was “Needs Context”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CnkuMAyJyVl/
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