During Barack Obama's campaign for president in 2008, throughout his  presidency, and afterwards, a number of conspiracy theories were circulated,  falsely asserting that Obama was ineligible to be President of the United States  on the basis that he was not a natural-born citizen of the United States within the  requirement ...
Jul 1, 2009 ... Back on June 27, 2008, PolitiFact published a story we hoped would put the  whole Obama birth certificate controversy to rest. ... Kinsolving pressed the issue  all the way to the White House, squeezing in a couple questions at the end of a  daily press briefing with White House spokesman Robert Gibbs.
Dec 17, 2008 ... “If Politico and Halperin say we're winning, we're losing,” Obama's campaign  manager, David Plouffe, would repeat mantralike around headquarters. ... As he  prepares to become the White House spokesman, Gibbs is acutely aware that it  will be harder to enforce discipline from the seat of government than ...
Says President Obama's "grandmother in Kenya said he was born in Kenya and  she was there and witnessed the birth." — Politifact National on Thursday, April  7th ... White House spokesman Robert Gibbs "lied" when he said President  Obama's birth certificate is posted on the Internet. — Politifact National on  Tuesday, July ...
Apr 27, 2011 ... Hours after the president released his long-form birth certificate—years after  releasing the short-form one that proved he was a citizen—the issue had already  .... the conservative site that promoted or investigated birther theories on an  hourly basis, was called on by then-press secretary Robert Gibbs.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs "lied" when he said President Obama's birth certificate is posted on the Internet.