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Did Melania Trump Steal Her United Nations Speech from Michelle Obama?
23 September 2017 A meme claiming that Trump plagiarized a September 2017 speech from a 2014 talk by the former First Lady is false.
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Melania Trump Criticizes Charlottesville Violence, Plagiarizes Michelle Obama?
13 August 2017 An image positing that First Lady Melania Trump again copied words from Michelle Obama while denouncing violence in Charlottesville is likely a spoof.
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Obamas Being Sued by Malia and Sasha’s Biological Father?
13 March 2017 Reports that a man named Ezekiel Wilekenmeyer Williams filed a lawsuit claiming that he was the biological father of the Malia and Sasha Obama are fake news.
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Did Obama Aide Valerie Jarrett Move in with the Obamas to ‘Mastermind’ an Anti-Trump Insurgency?
2 March 2017 Web sites are citing a tabloid claim that Valerie Jarrett, a friend and close adviser to the Obamas, is sharing their home as part of a plot to oust President Trump from office.
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Obama Divorce Rumor Confirmed?
2 March 2017 Reports that Michelle and Barack Obama have filed for divorce in Illinois originated with a satirical web site.
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Is President Trump Billing Michelle Obama For $11 Billion?
17 February 2017 A hoax news story reported that the former First Lady spent $11 million alone on "new furniture."
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Did Barack Obama Put His Hand on Melania Trump’s Backside?
23 January 2017 A photograph purportedly showing the former president touching First Lady Melania Trump's buttocks is fake.
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Did Michelle Obama Get Ditched by Secret Service?
14 January 2017 Reports that Michelle Obama's Secret Service detail abruptly quit and left her on the street in Hawaii are fake news.
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Trump Ally Carl Paladino Said First Lady Should Go Live in a Cave with a Gorilla
23 December 2016 The former co-chairman of Donald Trump's New York presidential campaign also said he hopes President Obama dies of 'mad cow disease.'
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Michelle Obama Replaced by Immigrant
17 November 2016 The First Lady's famous photo in support of a global campaign to bring home kidnapped Nigerian girls has been altered to display an updated message.
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West Virginia Town Official Who Called First Lady ‘Ape in Heels’ Is Fired
15 November 2016 The former Clay County Development Corp. director said her Facebook comment "was not intended to be racist at all."
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Michelle Obama Scrubbed Hillary Clinton from Her Twitter Accounts
1 November 2016 A disreputable web site falsely accused First Lady Michelle Obama of "scrubbing" her Twitter accounts of all mentions of Hillary Clinton.
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First Grandma Marian Robinson to Receive Lifetime $160K Government Pension
18 October 2016 Reports that Marian Robinson, First Lady Michelle Obama's mother, will receive a $160,000 annual government pension are fake news.
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Pence: ‘Michelle Obama Is the Most Vulgar First Lady We’ve Ever Had’
15 October 2016 A fake news story overstated Republican VP candidate Mike Pence's disagreement with the First Lady's criticism of Donald Trump.
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Role Model Wars: Donald Trump vs. Beyoncé
15 October 2016 Political image attempts to portray Michelle Obama as a hypocrite for holding up singer Beyoncé as a role model.
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Michelle Wants YOU to Monitor Your Own Family Members
11 October 2016 The First Lady gave a 2014 speech in Topeka commemorating Brown v. Board of Education but did not urge students engage in "KGB-style" enforcement of racial tolerance.
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Was the White House Built by Slaves?
26 July 2016 During her 2016 Democratic National Convention speech, Michelle Obama asserted that the White House had been built using slave labor. And she was right.
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First Lady Michelle Obama Requires More Than Twenty Attendants
Updated Michelle Obama does not have an 'unprecedented' number of staffers working for her; her staff is about the same size as that of her predecessor and other First Ladies.
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