Local Attorney Wants To Challenge Obama's Citizenship

Ramona Attorney Gary Kreep Wants To Inspect Original Birth Certificate

POSTED: 5:36 pm PDT April 29, 2011
UPDATED: 5:37 pm PDT April 29, 2011

SAN DIEGO -- A Ramona attorney said he is not convinced of President Barack Obama's citizenship and is planning to go to court next week to challenge the validity of Obama's just-released birth certificate.

"We're not sure that's an actual copy of the birth certificate," Gary Kreep said, referring to Obama's birth certificate that was released by the White House this week.

Kreep told 10News he wants a court to allow his forensic experts to examine the original birth certificate.

Kreep said even if the birth certificate issue is resolved, that doesn't mean Obama is eligible to be president.

"He was a U.S. citizen. If he gave that up, then he is no longer a U.S. citizen," Kreep said, referring to a trip Obama made years ago.

"Mr. Obama traveling to Pakistan in the 1980s on a non-U.S. passport," he said, noting that Obama has said he didn't have a U.S. passport until he became a senator.

"He had to have a passport from a foreign country. We'd like to know what country that was," said Kreep.

Kreep told 10News his decision is based on legal issues, not politics.

"Other than being a registered Republican, I'm not affiliated with the Republican Party in any way," Kreep said.

When Obama released his birth certificate this week, he took a shot at those who question his citizenship.

"We're not going to be able to solve our problems if we get distracted by sideshows and carnival barkers," said Obama.

A number of news organizations have investigated and found that Obama's birth certificate is legitimate.
However, Kreep is not deterred.

"He has engendered so much distrust and questioning over this issue that I don't think he's going to be able to put the genie back in the bottle at this time," he said.

Kreep's original lawsuit was dismissed by a judge in 2009, saying the courts did not have the authority to rule on the matter.

On Monday, he will argue before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena that the case does belong in court.

Even though he didn't vote for Obama, Kreep said, "I was very proud when he won the election. It showed me that America had moved beyond racial politics."

Kreep said he is not being paid for his legal work. The costs have been covered by donations to his group called the United States Justice Foundation.

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