Claim(permalink)
President Obama has spent over $2 million in legal fees defending lawsuits about his birth certificate.
✓politifact rating: not credible; published on 2016-09-16
Factors
veracity
not credible
Political Leaning
left political leaning
Sentiment
neutral sentiment
Date published
2016-09-16
Entities
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