Lawsuit claims Obama not eligible for president

Published August 26, 2008 4:00am ET



Citing information from Wikipedia and “Inside Edition,” a Pennsylvania attorney filed a federal lawsuit against Democratic Party presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, claiming he is not a U.S. citizen.

The lawsuit, filed Aug. 21 in the U.S. District Court for eastern Pennsylvania, alleges Obama was born in Kenya, not Hawaii.

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