Onyango “Omar” Obama, 69, today testified at a deportation hearing that his nephew, Barack Obama, stayed with him in the ’80s while a student at Harvard Law School. That story, though, contradicts the White House’s account, which says that the two men never met.
Interesting: @MariaSacchetti reports Obama's uncle just contradicted the president's statement that they never met.
— Jason Tuohey (@jtuohey21) December 3, 2013
Maria Sacchetti, immigration reporter for the Boston Globe, live-tweeted the hearing today.
He testified that president stayed w/ him in Cambridge when he came to attend Harvard Law.
— Maria Sacchetti (@mariasacchetti) December 3, 2013
That contradicts earlier @WhiteHouse statement to us that Potus never met Uncle Omar http://t.co/4kjt8tvRFb
— Maria Sacchetti (@mariasacchetti) December 3, 2013
Obama said "my nephew Barack Obama" stayed with him "at least 3 weeks."
— Maria Sacchetti (@mariasacchetti) December 3, 2013
Omar Obama “has never met his famous nephew, according to the White House,” wrote Sally Jacobs in the Boston Globe in a January 2012 profile of Omar following a drunken driving arrest. He reportedly told the booking officer, “I think I will call the White House.’’
Obama also says he doesnt recall telling Framingham police that he would like to call the White House.
— Maria Sacchetti (@mariasacchetti) December 3, 2013
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— Maria Sacchetti (@mariasacchetti) December 3, 2013
So who’s telling the truth?
https://twitter.com/AaronBlakeWP/status/407975391597699072
Aaron Blake of the Washington Post writes:
The White House said following Omar Obama’s arrest that he and the president had never met. The president was not close to his father’s side of the family given his father’s absence in his life.
The White House did not immediately comment on Omar Obama’s claim.
TWO people (one is Obama's uncle) claim Obama stayed with his uncle while at Harvard. Obama denies they met? http://t.co/kZxd81VvGU
— RBe (@RBPundit) December 3, 2013
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