CNN’s Jake Tapper and Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Sheriff Joe Arpaio is firing back at CNN anchor Jake Tapper, accusing him of “trying to sandbag me” and of using the famous law-enforcement officer to “insult Donald Trump.”
Last week, Tapper ripped into the Maricopa County, Arizona, sheriff for his refusal to give up the “preposterous notion” that President Obama’s birth certificate may have been forged.
Apraio responded in kind in an interview Sunday with “Aaron Klein Investigative Radio,” broadcast on New York’s AM 970 The Answer and Philadelphia’s NewsTalk 990 AM and online.
“Tapper was trying to sandbag me,” said Arpaio. “I’ll tell you why. He’s trying to insult Donald Trump. That’s why he connected me with it.
“Donald Trump mentioned the birth certificate many times. If he’s so excited there, trying to badmouth me, why doesn’t he ask for our report? Nobody wants to read our report,” said Arpaio.
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The sheriff said his team was still working on the case of Obama’s birth certificate, calling it a “fraudulent government document.”
Arpaio stated: “Remember I had two press conferences a couple years ago. The media, all they wanted to know is why I am doing this. They didn’t care about the evidence we had. But we’re still working that.”
“No, I don’t care where the president came from. I don’t care. I’m going after a fraudulent government document. I’ve been saying that from day one. So if he wants to criticize me, insult me, be my guest. It’s OK.”
‘Preposterous notion’
As WND reported, the birth certificate took center stage in Arpaio’s interview on CNN’s “The Lead” program last Thursday.
Tapper said, “You’ve trafficked in this rather preposterous notion that Obama was not born in the United States and that he may have forged his birth certificate that he released.”
He continued, “Why would you risk your credibility on issues you care about – like illegal immigration, like law enforcement – by getting involved in this nonsense?”
“What do you mean ‘risk’?” Arpaio asked. “I’m the chief law enforcement officer elected by the people. I have a right to investigate and speak out. I’m not talking about where he came from. I don’t care where he came from. We’re working on a fraudulent, forged government document. That’s what we are doing.”
Tapper interjected, “You’re maintaining that the birth certificate that the president of the United States revealed and released to the public, you’re maintaining that that is fraudulent?”
“That’s right,” Arpaio responded.
The CNN host asked, “Is there anyone, any credible law enforcement person outside of you and your organization and your contractors, who has any agreement with you on this?”
“No, they haven’t looked at it,” Arpaio said. “What are you kidding? I’m probably the only law enforcement official who has looked into it. Nobody looks into it. They shy away from it.”
Once again, a flustered Tapper interrupted: “Because the president was born in Hawaii.”
“I don’t care where he was born,” Arpaio replied. “I’m talking about a fraudulent government document, a birth certificate. That’s all I’m concerned with. That’s a violation of the law.”
Tapper further questioned the sheriff, asking if he came to his conclusion because “there are glitches in some of the printing.”
Sheriff Joe said he wouldn’t “get into all the technical details” at that moment, but he added: “I’ve been around a long time. I’m not stupid enough to even talk to you about it if I didn’t think there was a lot of smoke and fire there.”
‘Fake’ document
As WND reported July 5, Arpaio affirmed in a previous interview with “Aaron Klein Investigative Radio” he is “pretty well convinced” Obama’s birth certificate, as released by the White House in 2011, is a “fraudulent, fake document.”
“I’ve been in law enforcement 55 years,” stated Arpaio. “I think I know a fraudulent, fake document. I’m not a computer expert. I rely on my people. But I’m pretty well convinced it’s a fake document.”
Listen to “Aaron Klein Radio” clip of Joe Arpaio discussing Obama’s birth certificate:
Arpaio’s statements prompted Klein to ask for an update on his team’s investigation into the long-form birth certificate document, posted April 27, 2011 as a PDF file on the White House website.
Arpaio told Klein that “once again nobody wants to look at it right now.”
“So it’s not my problem. I did my job.”
Obama’s qualification for president as a “natural born citizen” has been challenged in court since before he was first elected in 2008. The White House finally relented in 2011 and posted a birth certificate, but Arpaio’s investigative team concluded it is a forgery.
‘Universe-shattering’
Arpaio’s appointed lead investigator on the birth-certificate case, Mike Zullo, has been promising the release of “universe-shattering” information regarding the document.
“When this information is finally exposed to the public, it will be universe-shattering. This is beyond the pale of anything you can imagine,” he told WND in a December 2013 interview.
Earlier this month, Zullo told WND his Cold Case Posse team must resolve three legal issues before the new evidence can be revealed.
“We’ve cleared two, and the last one is problematic,” Zullo said.
“If we can’t clear it, it may preclude this information from ever reaching the light of day. It may prevent me from ever disclosing what this is. But it does not mean we are not cultivating new evidence.”
Zullo explained that when he said in 2013 he was preparing to release the information, he anticipated “we were going to have these answers within weeks.”
“As this was progressing, the legal issues started coming up, and it’s just put everything on hold,” he said.
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