That is unequivocally untrue. Sid Blumenthal , via the HRC campaign, sent a reporter to Kenya to research the Obama's birthplace story. Inside the Hillary campaign, emails flew claiming the Obama was born in Kenya. It got so far out of hand, Hillary apologized to Obama and tossed one of her campaign workers under the bus.IT seemed to work when a certain presidents birth certificate was questioned. And we elected the guy who led that charge as president.
Trump harped about it, give you that, then the media conflated that into Trump started the rumor, which is BS>