Index/People/Steven Mnuchin

Steven Mnuchin

United States Secretary of the Treasury from 2017 to 2021

Fact-Checks

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Jan 18, 2026

Which cabinet members or officials were reported to have discussed invoking the 25th Amendment, and what did they say on the record?

Multiple news outlets reported that “some” members of President Trump’s Cabinet discussed invoking Section 4 of the 25th Amendment in the wake of the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack, but few individual...

Dec 20, 2025

What parts of Fort Knox are open to presidential visits and what security protocols are used?

The U.S. Bullion Depository at Fort Knox and the broader Fort Knox Army installation are tightly controlled; parts of the base such as the Visitor Control Center and installation public areas allow ve...

Jan 20, 2026

How have past informal discussions among Cabinet members about invoking the 25th Amendment been documented and what prevented action?

Informal Cabinet conversations about invoking Section 4 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment have been documented primarily through contemporaneous news reporting, retrospective legal scholarship and archiva...

Jan 19, 2026

How did other major news outlets cover cabinet discussions of the 25th Amendment during the Trump administration?

Major outlets reported that some Cabinet members discussed invoking Section 4 of the 25th Amendment after the January 6 Capitol riot, but coverage varied sharply on seriousness, sources, and political...

Nov 16, 2025

Has any US President visited the Fort Knox gold vault?

Contemporary reporting and institutional histories say only one U.S. president is documented to have entered the Fort Knox bullion vault: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who inspected the depository ...