[Girlene]

Yeah Merideth Viera was absolutely speachless. Trump said why has Obama spent $2M to lawyers to hide his birth certificate? Merideth didn’t know whether sh#t or wind her watch - she just sat there with her mouth open.

I know, it was funny. I have no idea where this $2M or $1M costs to hide the BC comes from, or if it's just internet rumor (that would be my guess), but it's still hilarious to see "reporters" unaware of the issues about obama's background. Viera assumed when Trump said he had people looking into things in Hawaii, that he was referring to detectives. Who knows. Wish Trump would ask Viera why NBC has never looked into the issue.....it would make a great Dateline NBC special.

[GlockThe Vote]

Its not a rumor! The amount he paid to the law firm representing him in these cases has been made public as getting about $2 million at this point.

[EDINVA]

All of the FEC filings of the Obama (and every other) campaign are available online. http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?C00431445

You can wade through them to see how much was paid for legal services, especially since the election. I think the $2M figure is outdated by now.

There is no breakdown or itemization in these reports of what those legal services payments were for, so no one can say exactly how much was spent on eligibility suits. However, the amounts spent would be way out of the norm for any campaign, post-election, with the exception of Bush/Gore in 2000.