"Somebody told me there was something floating around on the internet about me accusing President Obama of stealing $120 million or something. I didn't say that. I don't know the basis of it, added the Louisiana Republican, who is a close ally of Trump. "
"Trump shared a screenshot from a social media user named JOSH DUNLAP, who wrote, U.S. Senator John Kennedy is now publicly demanding that Barack Hussein Obama return $120 million that he allegedly earned through ownership related to Obamacare.' The post added: He allocated money under his own laws using taxpayer-generated prestige, Kennedy said, calling it an abuse of public office and blatant influence. Obama has three days to respond before John Kennedy says the matter will be referred to the Department of Justice for formal review."
"One easy example: The president shared a completely made-up and frankly nonsensical quote about former President Obama the post attributed to GOP Sen. John Kennedy. The fake quote originated with a satire website, basically a fakery factory, that invents stories to be shared by online conservatives; per the fact-check website Lead Stories, versions of this particular fake quote have been wrongly attributed to everyone from Kash Patel to Madonna."
Sen. John Kennedy said he did not make or demand any claim attributed to him about President Barack Obama returning $120 million. The attributed quote appeared in a screenshot Trump shared on Truth Social, where the post alleged Kennedy accused Obama of stealing money connected to Obamacare and threatened referral to the Department of Justice. Kennedy said he was surprised by the circulating quote and did not know its basis. CNN fact-checking reported that the quote was fabricated and traced to a satire website that invents stories for online conservatives. The fact-check noted similar versions of the quote have been wrongly attributed to multiple public figures.
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