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Orly Taitz stated on August 2, 2009 in an attachment to a lawsuit:

Birthers have obtained a copy of Obama's Kenyan birth certificate.

By Robert Farley • August 21, 2009

Facebook posts stated on April 2, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Says Barack Obama tweeted, “Has anyone checked to make sure Donald Trump doesn’t have a Russian birth certificate?”

By Bill McCarthy • April 5, 2022

Bloggers stated on December 14, 2021 in a blog post:

“Obama certificate a fake.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • December 20, 2021

Bloggers stated on April 20, 2012 in a Facebook post:

"Obama’s lawyers officially admit birth certificate is fake."

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 28, 2020

Barack Obama stated on April 27, 2011 in a press conference:

Says stories about his birth certificate drowned out media coverage of the Republican and White House budget plans the week of April 11.

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • April 28, 2011

Donald Trump stated on April 7, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" show:

President Obama has spent over $2 million in legal fees defending lawsuits about his birth certificate.

By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2011

WorldNetDaily stated on June 17, 2009 in an advertisement:

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs "lied" when he said President Obama's birth certificate is posted on the Internet.

By Robert Farley • July 28, 2009

Chain email stated on May 24, 2009 in 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."

By Robert Farley • July 1, 2009

Instagram posts stated on February 20, 2025 in an Instagram post:

“Malia Obama received $2.2 million in funds from USAID.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 25, 2025

Facebook posts stated on February 19, 2025 in a Facebook post:

“The media is showing how Obama’s birth certificate was changed! He was never born in the U.S. so he was never a real president!”

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 21, 2025

Facebook posts stated on February 17, 2025 in a Facebook post:

“Barack and Michelle Obama locked in bombshell divorce of the century.”

By Jeff Cercone • February 19, 2025

Threads posts stated on January 5, 2025 in a Threads post:

Image shows former President Barack Obama was born in Kenya.

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 13, 2025

Instagram posts stated on July 21, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Kamala Harris “is not eligible to hold the office of president” because her parents were non-citizens.

By Jeff Cercone • July 22, 2024

Viral image stated on January 9, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“Barack Obama’s real father is Communist Party propagandist Frank Marshall Davis.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 10, 2022

Bloggers stated on September 9, 2018 in a website post:

Says Barack Obama "referred to the carnage that took place in Benghazi as a conspiracy theory."

By Jon Greenberg • September 14, 2018

SupremeInsider.com stated on July 22, 2018 in a blog post:

"Barack Obama: I'm 'the First Sitting American President to Come From Kenya.'"

By Heaven Taylor-Wynn • July 25, 2018

Donald Trump stated on September 26, 2016 in a presidential debate:

Says top Clinton advisers "were pressing" birther movement stories "very hard."

By Jon Greenberg • September 27, 2016

Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2016 in in a speech:

"I finished" the controversy about where President Barack Obama was born.

By Louis Jacobson • September 16, 2016

Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2016 in comments at a speech:

On whether Barack Obama was born in the United States.

By Aaron Sharockman • September 16, 2016

Ted Cruz stated on May 14, 2016 in his speech at the Republican Party of Texas convention:

Barack Obama issued a decree "demanding that every public school now allow grown men and boys into the little girls’ bathroom."

By Eleanor Dearman • June 26, 2016

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The Obama birth certificate: a timeline

By Martha M. Hamilton • April 27, 2011

Texas lawmaker questions Obama’s long-form birth certificate

April 27, 2011

PolitiFact’s guide to Obama’s birth certificate

By Bill Adair • April 27, 2011

Obama’s remarks on the release of his birth certificate

By Bill Adair • April 27, 2011

Obama releases birth certificate

By Bill Adair • April 27, 2011

Obama’s birth certificate: Final chapter. This time we mean it!

By Robert Farley • July 1, 2009

Obama’s birth certificate: Final chapter

By Amy Hollyfield • June 27, 2008

Obama’s birth certificate (Really!)

By Amy Hollyfield • June 13, 2008

Barack Obama at the Capitol Rotunda, 1-20-2025

From 2014 satire to AI posts: How a baseless rumor about Jennifer Aniston and Obama gained traction

By Loreben Tuquero • February 5, 2025

Why Barack Obama’s sexuality became a news story, and then a conspiracy theory

By Grace Abels • October 17, 2023

Hillary Clinton and the birther movement: Still nothing there

By Jon Greenberg, Linda Qiu • September 20, 2016

In Context: Did Donald Trump suggest Barack Obama has terrorist sympathies?

By Lauren Carroll • June 15, 2016

The Obama Muslim Myth: The Clinton connection

By Jon Greenberg • September 25, 2015

Happy birthday, PolitiFact! PolitiFact turns 8

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 24, 2015

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By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 22, 2013

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By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 22, 2013

Again, where was Obama born?

By W. Gardner Selby • August 12, 2013

Leo Berman claim about Obama topped our charts

By W. Gardner Selby • June 7, 2011

Obama’s birthplace, a Perry promise, Texans gambling

By W. Gardner Selby • May 3, 2011

Birthers not persuaded by Certificate of Live Birth

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Robert Farley • April 27, 2011

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