Sheriff Joe Arpaio suggests Obama's birth certificate is a forgery

Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, announced Thursday that his six-month investigation had found that "probable cause exists indicating that forgery and fraud may have been committed" in the release of President Obama's long-form birth certificate.

The publicity-hungry Arpaio, a strong opponent of illegal immigration who calls himself "America's Toughest Sheriff," said the evidence gathered by his investigators suggests Mr. Obama's birth certificate and selective service registration card are fakes.

"Based on all of the evidence, I cannot in good faith report to you these documents are authentic," Arpaio said at a press conference in Phoenix, adding that his "investigators believe that the long form birth certificate was manufactured electronically and that it did not originate in the paper format as presented by the White House."

The 79-year-old Arpaio, who has been accused by the Justice Department of racial profiling and who is being probed by a federal grand jury over potential abuse of power, said he told his investigators to examine the president's documents with "no preconceived notions," adding that he "felt that this investigation could clear President Obama's name and put people's minds at ease."

Arpaio became Maricopa County sheriff in 1993, and has been elected five times. He said the investigation, undertaken by his five-member volunteer "Cold Case Posse" at the request of an Arizona Tea Party group, did not involve any cost to taxpayers.

AP

Arpaio's press conference puts him in league with the "birthers," the conspiracy theorists who claim - against overwhelming evidence - that Mr. Obama was not born in the United States and thus is not eligible to be president. (Many "birthers" believe the president was born in Kenya.) The White House's decision to release the president's long-form birth certificate in April has quieted such claims, though it did not extinguished them.

"We're not going to be able to solve our problems if we get distracted by sideshows and carnival barkers," Mr. Obama said at the time. "We've got some enormous challenges out there. There are a lot of folks out there still looking for work...We do not have time for this kind of silliness."

Mike Zullo, the lead investigator for Arpaio, on Thursday presented a series of videos that he said showed that the president's documents were likely forgeries. He suggested the investigation showed that Mr. Obama's long-form birth certificate, which was released electronically, "never existed in paper form," and said the evidence had led him to recommend to Arpaio "a full-blown criminal investigation."

Zullo also said his team came to the conclusion that the Hawaii Department of Health and Hawaiian officials "may have intentionally obscured 1961 birth records and procedures" to keep them from being adequately examined.

Arpaio said last month he had briefed GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum on his investigation, and that Santorum said he "had no problems with what I told him that I may be doing."

Also present at the news conference was Jerome Corsi, author of the book Where's the Birth Certificate?, which was published last May. Corsi writes for the website WorldNetDaily, the far-right website that has long pushed the notion that the president was not born in the United States. WorldNetDaily livestreamed Arpaio's press conference and teased it with a story that complained that mainstream media reporters have "mostly have giggled when talk turns to the serious question of just what the U.S. Constitution requires of presidents."

"This was not a politically motivated inquiry," Corsi said Thursday. "It is an inquiry for truth."

Arpaio's biography on the Maricopa County sheriff's website notes that he oversees chain gangs, "started the nation's largest Tent City for convicted inmates," makes all inmates wear pink underwear, posts mug shots of all those arrested in the county and has reduced crime using "hard-hitting enforcement methods."

"No wonder Sheriff Arpaio has been profiled in over 4500 U.S. and foreign newspapers, magazines, and TV news programs," the bio reads.

The Justice Department said in December that Arpaio has engaged in "a pattern or practice of misconduct that violates the Constitution and federal law," and a federal grand jury is investigating his office for abuse of power over its anti-public corruption investigations. Arpaio has also been criticized for allegedly inadequately investigating hundreds of sex crimes cases. 

UPDATE: Here's a link to the report from Arpaio's investigation. 

UPDATE #2: On Friday, Corsi and Zullo announced the publication of the $9.99 eBook "A Question of Eligibility," subtitled "A Law Enforcement Investigation Into Barack Obama's Birth Certificate And His Eligibility To Be President." The introduction to the book is written by Arpaio.

 

[mdlcat]

Um, I got married in Hawaii and I can say that they are still doing their records in the most archaic fashion possible. It took 4 months for me to get our marriage cert. I have no doubt the Hawaiian Vital Records office is not lying about their absurd procedures for documentation. The birth cert is real, get over it!

[pacificsoul]

That means absolutely nothing. Obviously you did not watch their break down of how they investigated it or else you wouldn't have come to that short sited conclusion.

[charles17121]

We The People have a fraud and usurper sitting in the White House going by the name of barack hussein obama using a stolen social security number , forged birth certificate and forged selective service registration card to prove he is a legal sitting US president .

We The People demand the US Congress honor their oath to the US Constitution and remove this fraud and usurper barack hussein obama from office under Article 2 Section 1 Clause 5 of the US Constitution .

[vnoncbs]

http://equalty.blogspot.com

[Kingsfordthecat]

I find it funny CBS will cover for Obama. I thought that maybe this was some right wing conspiracy theory, until I checked what they said was evidence.

Looks like there is something to this. Obama's birth certificate is fake.
No wonder he won't release his college records.
Too bad CBS won't cover REAL news.

[nolejoe19]

Obama's whole life is a scam. His birth certificate is a scam. He's lied to the American public. He's falsified a birth certificate. Hawaii is an inept border State run by inept bureaucrats. We've been lied to.

[pacificsoul]

Obviously you're a racist. What the hell does the state have to do with his falsified records? NOTHING

[borderhawk2]

Does Sheriff Joe have the guts to testify in court?
Affidavits are nice, but cannot be cross-examined, and lose credibility.

[glen_levitt]

So what Crazy Joe is asking the rest of us to believe is that the secretary of the Hawaiian state department of health and the registrar of vital statistics are willing to commit a felony (by producing false documentation) then commit perjury on top of that?

sounds perfectly logical to me

[pacificsoul]

The register already said they cannot verify his birth certificate is real... look it up. Further more a forgery doesn't even require the combined effort of all those departments. Look up the video explanations and stop assuming you know the answers.

[rc00213]

Obama's birth is important. If proven that Obama is not a natural citizen, all his acts as President is nullified:

Qualifications for the Office of President

Age and Citizenship requirements - US Constitution, Article II, Section 1

No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.

[fjerins]

CBS hasn't done it's homework about Obama's LFB. They just shoot from the hip and call people names with out getting the facts.
I'm sure that they have already looked into this matter. They have illustrator that they use for there publications. I downloaded Obama's LFB and opened it up in illustrator and then looked at the layers panel.
Obama's LFB has 28 layers to it, and the only way that could happen is that someone created his LFB. It is a FORGERY. While CBS is a left leaning media propaganda news organization, other media outlets do confirm that Obama's LFB is a FORGERY. Why are they not telling the truth? Because they too have an agenda. Congress knows he's not eligible, that's why they aren't talking. If they did admit that they know, we the people would be on them like fly's on Horse dung. They know. But they will not admit to anything. As Jefferson said, " This country needs a revolution every hundred years" When will it start?
One more thing. No one has seen or handled the hard copy of the LFB. All they have shown was an electric copy that was posted on the white house internet site in a pdf format. No one.

[Phxfire]

First...if Bush and the entire GOP coffers couldn't come up with anything real, tangible and credible, how do you take the word of the worse law enforcement officer in the country. He's an embarrassment to Maricopa County and the state of Arizona. He gets elected each year because we have a bunch of rabbits who are afraid of the manufactured boogy man and people who think its funny to keep voting him into office.
Second, joe has spent millions on illegal, fractious and incredible investigations into his opponents, anyone who voices disagreement and witch hunts. He has let 400 plus crimes against children (assault, abuse, etc) to be ignored, no investigations, he still is doing nothing for this children. He has one obsession, fed by his allegiance to extreme groups, that is illegal immigrants, HOWEVER, his good friend Wil Carden has a history of breaking the law by employing illegal immigrants in his business, in fact, most of his employees. Get joe yet?
Finally, the County taxpayers have paid millions in court cases, both criminal charges and civil charges against joe, he loses 99% of ALL his cases. He sends his 'buddies' to Honduras and other areas at our expense...I'll get a cramp if I list all his illegal activity and abuses. Joe is a 80 year old, narcissistic, ego-driven, vindictive little man, who as he ages is easily swayed by his money people.

[AmericanMade209]

Sheriff Joe didn't suggest it was a forgery, he proved it! Obama is a fraud!

http://fisherman209.blogspot.com

Bookmark our web site!

[wbmoore2]

More than that, Oabama's lawyer admits its a forgery.
http://www.teapartytribune.com/2012/04/13/obama-lawyer-admits-forgery-but-disregards-image-as-indication-of-obamas-ineligibility-damage-control/

[Munchiewizard]

Watch them tell you about it for themselves. 52 Seconds of truth about the matter. The criminal in our WhiteHouse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se5zvGF6u9g&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M7Rp_Ghv6k&feature=related