In every news article about any hearing TAX PAID attorneys have been present. These TAX PAID attorneys are not BHO attorneys. They are employees of the American citizen.
Why should one dime of tax money be spent on such a simple matter?
Fact: It is simple to prove one’s natural born citizenship. It is simple to do so in a clear, unambiguous, and prompt manner.
Fact: Unanointed Americans routinely release these clear, certifiable, and unambiguous documents routinely for many reasons.
Fact: Obama has NEVER released clear, certifiable, and unambiguous documents that would prove his natural born citizenship.
Let me say right up front I agree, that Obama IS using lawyers paid for by the taxpayers, meaning people like you and me. He would never spend his own fortune when he can defraud the government. So, how to prove it?
I always get asked this, and so the problem with your statements about the lawyers being all tax paid attorneys, is “where is your proof”?
Do we have to wait until he is out of office, and pray that all records haven’t been torched?
If you have a source, please share.
The most compelling single reason why Obama's legal defense team in this case should not be paid by the American taxpayer is very simple:
The complaint does not concern any action undertaken by Obama in his official capacity as president (nor as US senator, for that matter). The only issues in the complaint arise from Obama's personal history, and the case commenced before he assumed the presidency.
It's standard and legal for government attorneys to defend officials or agencies accused in civil complaints with particular actions taken in their capacity as public servants. But representing a current official on charges arising from facts entirely predating his term in in office is outside the scope of the Justice Department's statutory power.