A Feb. 20 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) includes a video of a news conference about a supposed investigation into a former president.
“Wow, the fact they are reporting this is unreal,” the social media user wrote. “Obama’s fraudulent Birth Certificate being exposed to the world.”
The post was shared more than 6,000 times in five days, and similar claims spread on Instagram and Threads.
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., also reposted the video on X, where it received about 75,000 likes in five days.
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