Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the Maricopa County law enforcer who is leading an widely derided investigation into the authenticity of President Obama’s birth certificate, believes that the media is purposefully downplaying birthers’ efforts in a conspiracy “bigger than Watergate.”
Arpaio, the self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff” in America, used the press conference to unveil the preliminary results of his investigation into Obama’s birth certificate. Arpaio, along with a “posse” of volunteer investigators, said there is reason to believe that the official copy of the president’s birth certificate, released by the White Houselast spring, is a forgery.
