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    Obama Center Not Federally Funded

    Q: Did President Trump cancel funding to build Barack Obama’s presidential library? A: No. That story originated on a satirical news site. All presidential libraries have been constructed using private […] The post Obama Center Not Federally Funded appeared first on FactCheck.org.
    by Rosie Nagele Aug 15, 2017 4 minutes

    Q: Did President Trump cancel funding to build Barack Obama’s presidential library?

    A: No. That story originated on a satirical news site. All presidential libraries have been constructed using private or non-federal funds.

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    On Aug. 4, lahrennews.com posted a story claiming that President Donald Trump blocked Barack Obama from using taxpayer money to build his presidential library.

    “Donald Trump continues to buck the establishment’s system by doing things the way he wants them done,” the story says. “After learning that President Obama ordered the Department of Education’s library division to divert more than $8 million in funds to a fund to build the next Presidential Library, Trump wrote the order rescinding it

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