Example: [Collected via Facebook, October 2014]
Origins: The item cited above is the latest political publicity stunt from Larry Klayman, a "legal activist" who has targeted a number of public figures for legal action over the years (including President Barack Obama, former Vice President Dick Cheney, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, and
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg), and whose "obnoxious behavior" has caused him to be barred from multiple courtrooms for life. In yet another self-serving, paid press release, Klayman announced his filing of a "deportation petition" in an effort to "begin the process of removing" President Barack Obama not only from the Oval Office but from the United States entirely. Documents of unspecified legal classification were sent by Klayman to Thomas Homan (Enforcement Removal Operations in the Department of Homeland Security), Thomas Winkowksi (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), and Sarah Kendall (Office of Fraud Detection and National Security, DHS).
In his petition, Klayman argued that there was "prima facie" evidence President Obama falsified documentation to qualify for American citizenship:
Like his other petitions and "indictments," Klayman's documents have no force of law and compel no government action; they're simply self-published expressions of his political viewpoint. Moreover, this petition is nothing more than a rehash of misinformation that has long since been debunked here (and elsewhere), such as the erroneous notion Barack Obama does not qualify as a natural born citizen because his mother was too young at the time of his birth, and old conspiracy theories about the supposedly falsified nature of Barack Obama's birth certificate and Social Security number.
Last updated: 6 October 2014