Fact Check: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Did NOT Hold A Press Conference On Barack Obama's Birth Certificate In February 2025 -- Clip Shows 2016 Arpaio Stunt
by: Alexis Tereszcuk
Did Sheriff Joe Arpaio hold a press conference on Barack Obama's birth certificate in February 2025? No, that's not true: The posted footage of the press conference held by the former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona is from 2016, not 2025 as is implied by a post on social media. The press conference was documented by local media in 2016.
The February 19, 2025, X post appeared with the caption under the title "Barak (O'Banana) Obama." It opened:
Wow, the fact they are reporting this is unreal.
Obama's fraudulent Birth Certificate being exposed to the world.
This is how the post appeared at the time this was written:
The footage posted on X shows the Fox 10 News Channel logo.
Lead Stories conducted a Google search using keywords "sheriff joe arpaio press conference barack obama birth certificate" and found an
article posted on December 15, 2016.
The video of the press conference was posted on the Fox 10
Phoenix YouTube page on December 15, 2016.
Arpaio was sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, from 1993 until he lost the election in 2016. He has not held an elected office since losing the 2016 election.
Obama's birth certificate has been the subject of conspiracy theories since he first ran for president in 2008. Here is a
copy of his birth certificate on file at the National .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------