Latest Fact-Checks In Obama Birth Certificate

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 7, 2011 a "Today Show" interview
Says President Obama's "grandmother in Kenya said he was born in Kenya and she was there and witnessed the birth."
False
April 7, 2011
Loren Collins
Loren Collins
stated on March 4, 2011 an op-ed in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A bill before the Georgia General Assembly would make presidential candidates meet citizenship requirements that are not in the U.S. Constitution. 
True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 9, 2011
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on February 28, 2011 an interview on a radio show
Says Barack Obama grew up in Kenya.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 2, 2011
Leo Berman
Leo Berman
stated on February 14, 2011 a news article
Says the Hawaii governor "can’t find anything that says (President Barack Obama) was born in Hawaii."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 27, 2011
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 10, 2011 a speech at the CPAC conference
"The people that went to school with (Barack Obama), they never saw him, they don't know who he is."
Pants on Fire!
February 14, 2011
18% of the American public
18% of the American public
stated on August 19, 2010 a Pew Research Center poll
President Obama is a Muslim.
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 26, 2010
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 11, 2010 liberal blogs
Republican candidate for Georgia governor "dabbled" in birther conspiracy theories.
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • August 20, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 3, 2010 referring to a YouTube video
"Obama admits he is not a citizen."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 5, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 28, 2010 a chain e-mail.
When Obama went to Pakistan in 1981, he could not have been traveling as a U.S. citizen.
Pants on Fire!
By Alex Holt • July 30, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 28, 2010 a chain e-mail
A transcript released by Occidental College proves that Barack Obama was an Indonesian citizen.
Pants on Fire!
By Alex Holt • July 30, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 28, 2010 a chain e-mail
Justice Antonin Scalia agreed for the Supreme Court to hear a case about whether Barack Obama is eligible to be President.
Pants on Fire!
By Alex Holt • July 30, 2010
Orly Taitz
Orly Taitz
stated on August 2, 2009 an attachment to a lawsuit
Birthers have obtained a copy of Obama's Kenyan birth certificate.
Pants on Fire!
August 21, 2009
WorldNetDaily
WorldNetDaily
stated on June 17, 2009 an advertisement
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs "lied" when he said President Obama's birth certificate is posted on the Internet.
False
July 28, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 24, 2009 an e-mail received by many people.
The Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 "would guarantee Barack Obama will never be held accountable for producing forged birth documents."
Pants on Fire!
July 1, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 18, 2008
"His true name is Barak Hussein Muhammed Obama."
Pants on Fire!
May 2, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 19, 2008 a chain e-mail
"According to The Book of Revelations the anti-christ ... will be a man, in his 40s, of MUSLIM descent ... is it OBAMA??"
Pants on Fire!
April 2, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 1, 2007
"Obama was enrolled in a Wahabi school in Jakarta. Wahabism is the RADICAL teaching that is followed by the Muslim terrorists who are now waging Jihad against the western world."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 20, 2007
Chain email
Chain email
stated on December 19, 2007
When Obama was sworn into office, "he DID NOT use the Holy Bible, but instead the Kuran (Their equivalency to our Bible, but very different beliefs)."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 20, 2007
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