New House Oversight Chair Clueless on How Trump’s Docs Mess Is Different

 https://www.thedailybeast.com/house-oversight-chair-james-comer-clueless-over-how-trumps-docs-mess-is-different?ref=home

“As we heard the president say before, the president has the authority to declassify documents. The question is whether or not the president actually declassified the documents. The vice president does not have the authority to declassify—”

But Comer was cut off by Tapper, who rightly said the vice president did hold the power to declassify documents. That was instated by a 2009 executive order signed by President Barack Obama, which included the vice president among those with “original classification authority.” Those with that designation, according to the order, could start the declassification process.