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Arizona sheriff promises Obama-eligibility probe
Lawman responds to request from local tea-party leaders
Posted: August 18, 2011
9:20 pm Eastern
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MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. – At the request of tea-party leaders in Arizona,
famed Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has agreed to examine evidence
challenging the validity of Barack Obama's purported long-form birth
certificate in a determination of the president's eligibility for the
2012 election ballot.
Tea party leaders in Surprise, Ariz., met with Arpaio and WND senior
reporter Jerome Corsi Thursday morning to express concern that a fake
birth certificate would be used to document the president's eligibility
to run in Maricopa County, where Arpaio is the chief law-enforcement
officer.
Arpaio's tough crackdown on illegal immigration has made him a national
figure.
At a one-hour meeting in Arpaio's office, the tea-party leaders
presented the sheriff with a petition that was drafted after a speech by
Corsi the previous night. Corsi, author of a best-selling book
challenging Obama's eligibility, "Where's the Birth Certificate?",
presented evidence from numerous computer-imaging specialists who
believe the document presented by the White House April 27 is not
authentic.
Arpaio explained in a statement that he has agreed to "simply look at
the evidence these people have assembled and examine whether it is
within my jurisdiction to investigate the document's authenticity."
"I indicated in this meeting that I will also consider whether there is
a more appropriate Arizona agency to determine the document's veracity
and ultimately whether the president's name can lawfully be entered onto
the 2012 election ballot," Arapaio said.
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At a gathering Wednesday night of more than 325 people, sponsored by the
Surprise Tea Party Patriots of Surprise, Ariz., and the Liberty Through
Action organization, 242 signatures were gathered on the petition, which
requested that Arpaio begin a criminal investigation.
The petition calls for the sheriff to investigate the possibility that a
crime has been committed against the Arizona secretary of state, who
must decide whether to put Obama's name on the ballot.
Arpaio told the tea-party leaders that he expects political pressure,
but he pointed out that as the chief law enforcement officer of Maricopa
County, he's taken an oath to respond to citizens who approach him about
enforcing the law.
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Lt. Justin Griffin confirmed to WND
that Arpaio is "waiting to receive all the documentation and all the
investigative material from Dr. Jerry Corsi, and then he will look into
the matter and compare it to the Arizona revised statutes."
The petition states:
We the undersigned citizens are respectfully requesting that you
initiate a criminal investigation under the authority of A.R.S. 13-2407
A-C, Into the alleged Certificate of Live Birth, File Number 151 61
10641, State of Hawaii, for Barack H. Obama II. The document was
released on April 27, 2011, by the White House to the press and posted
on the White House website and distributed and downloaded by computer
throughout the nation, including within Maricopa County. Reportedly,
several experts have declared the document to be a forgery. Reportedly,
the file number may be out of sequence; "THE" appears to be misspelled
as "TXE" in the State Registrar's stamp; there appears to be a "smiley
face" in the "A" in the Alvin T. Onaka, State Registrar stamp;
reportedly the document has computer generated, multiple layers and is
not a copy of a single layered document; font types appear to vary
throughout the document, reportedly, not possible with a vintage 1961
mechanical typewriter. We urge you to continue to support the Rule of
Law and to investigate and determine whether the alleged Certificate of
Live Birth, for Barack H. Obama II, File Number 151 61 10641, is a
forgery or an authentic document. A.R.S. 13-2407 A-C, declares that
tampering with a public record is a class 6 felony.
"I think what we've seen is history created today," said Surprise
tea-party leader Brian Reilly. "This is probably the first time in this
country that citizens have gone to a sheriff over a national issue."
Reilly said he's "extremely grateful" that Arpaio will look into the
matter is "hopeful that this will achieve what we're expecting to
achieve on this issue, which is the truth."
"We're trying to get to the truth," he emphasized.
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