[calenel]

"Turns out President Chester Adams had the same problem: he was born in the USA, but his father was British, and Chester went to great lengths to conceal this fact from public view - at the same time others were passionately pursuing his birth certificate. Question is ... why did Chester Adams go to to such great lengths, including outright forging & altering of documents, to conceal his father's citizenship chronology?"

That isn't exactly correct according to what I remember. Chester Arthur, 21st President, was the son of Irish immigrants to Canada who subsequently immigrated to the USA. Chester was supposedly born in Canada before his family arrived in the US. He allegedly "stole" his deceased younger brother's "identity" to falsely claim natural born status. So I've heard.

[ctdonath2]

Arthur. My bad.

Brain farts aside, the new understanding of his birth certificate vs. father's citizenship is posted here. Apparently he WAS born in the USA, but feared his father's citizenship would disqualify him for POTUS. Main point is that we've seen very nearly the same shenanigans before, which greatly enhances any hope to disqualify O.