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Obama Not Ordered to Pay $400M Restitution

Q: Did a federal court order former President Barack Obama to pay “$400 million in restitution”?

A: No. Multiple sites have carried the fictitious story.

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Former President Barack Obama would be in a particularly undesirable financial situation, if the stories circulating about him online in recent days were true.

“Obama Appeal Denied: Judge Orders Him To Pay

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