Of course Mnuchin is lying about Ft Knox.  There's a reason Russia just recently put out DOZENS of photos of all it's gold and silver inside the vaults in January and Mnuchin is simply holding up ONE SINGLE BAR in a picture.  The velocity of gold leaving Ft Knox was enormous every decade from the 70's to now until they finally just started to lie about it and claim it's flat instead of decreasing.

http://englishrussia.com/2018/01/08/how-is-1800-tons-of-gold-being-stored-in-main-gold-storage-of-russia

Russians and the BoE are clearly stacking silver too:



Also, according to Mnuchin's dollar figures, he stated there's around 5000 tons of gold there.  If the govt is supposed to have 8000 or whatever, that might have been a hint they are short and he's talking 5000 total in all locations.  I HIGHLY doubt they have anywhere near 5000 myself from the amount that was leaving per year since the 70's.  My estimates after I looked at all these numbers in the past was that the US govt could only have a max of 2000 tons at best, but likely closer to 0.  This is why JP Morgan is acquiring all that silver, acting as an agent of the US govt to give them some type of reserve.  The US legal system says the dollar is supposed to be 371 grains of silver anyway, so they can just switch and avoid the hassle of explaining who stole all the gold and where it went.