Sheriff Joe Arpaio is still pushing Obama birth certificate conspiracy

Published December 16, 2016 12:52am ET



President Obama only has 35 days left in office, but Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., is still pushing the debunked conspiracy theory that Obama’s birth certificate is fake and therefore he isn’t eligible to be in office.

During a press conference Thursday, Arpaio claimed that after a five-year investigation into the validity of the White House-produced birth certificate for President Obama, he has determined that it is an invalid document.

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