Trump refuses to shoot down false birther claims about Kamala Harris, but says he won't pursue the conspiracy theory

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• President Donald Trump refused to state definitively that Kamala Harris is eligible to serve as vice president.
• But he added that the false birther conspiracy theory was "not something that we will be pursuing."
• Harris, an American citizen who was born in California, is eligible to run for the positions of both vice president and president.
• Trump referred to a widely denounced Newsweek op-ed that perpetuated the conspiracy theory, calling the author "a brilliant lawyer." 
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President Donald Trump on Saturday refused to definitively shoot down false claims that Kamala Harris is ineligible to serve as vice president, though he said he and his campaign will not pursue the baseless conspiracy theory.

"I just don't know about it, but it's not something that we will be pursuing," Trump told reporters at a news briefing at his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey.

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