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'''Andy Martin''' (born 1945) is an American journalist, politician and pundit. He has appeared on [[Fox News]] and other major news outlets.   

'''Andy Martin''' (born 1945) is an American journalist, politician and pundit. He has appeared on [[Fox News]] and other major news outlets.   

In 2004, Andy Martin was the first person to suggest that [[Barack Obama]] is secretly a [[Muslim]], and claimed to have evidence of this, although he did not make any evidence available to the public.<ref name=NYT>[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/us/politics/13martin.html ''New York Times'' article.]</ref><ref>[http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071112/hayes/single ''The Nation'' article.]</ref><ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062703781.html ''Washington Post'' article.]</ref>  Shortly before the 2008 Presidential Election, Martin was interviewed by [[CNN]], at which time he retracted his claim that Obama is or had been a Muslim, thus contradicting his previous claim to have had conclusive evidence about this.  Martin claimed instead to have new evidence that Obama is the son of Frank Marshall Davis (1905-1987), a black journalist and left-wing activist, but again Martin presented no evidence to corroborate his claim.<ref>See the CNN interview on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxrDlugBj4o YouTube.]</ref>

In 2004, Andy Martin was the first person to suggest that [[Barack Obama]] is secretly a [[Muslim]], and claimed to have secret evidence of this.<ref name=NYT>[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/us/politics/13martin.html ''New York Times'' article.]</ref><ref>[http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071112/hayes/single ''The Nation'' article.]</ref><ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062703781.html ''Washington Post'' article.]</ref>   

Shortly before the 2008 Presidential Election, Martin was interviewed by [[CNN]], at which time he retracted his claim that Obama is or had been a Muslim.   

Martin then claimed instead to have secret evidence that Obama is the son of Frank Marshall Davis (1905-1987), a black journalist and left-wing activist.<ref>See the CNN interview on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxrDlugBj4o YouTube.]</ref>

 

The ''New York Times'' say Martin has a history of making spurious and vexatious lawsuits, and issuing [[racist]] and [[anti-Semitic]] statements in court.<ref name=NYT />

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