SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Determined to prove that President Obama wasn't born in the United States, Donald Trump said Thursday that he has sent investigators to Hawaii to dig up evidence that the president is lying about being born there.



The Celebrity Apprentice host, who's toying with the idea of seeking the GOP presidential nomination, has raised a stir by adding his voice to the those in the so-called "birther" movement who believe Obama was born outside the U.S., and therefore, is ineligible to be commander in chief.



Trump told NBC's Today show Thursday, "I have people that actually have been studying it and they cannot believe what they're finding."



While Hawaii officials have certified that Obama is a native-born citizen, Trump mused, "His grandmother in Kenya said he was born in Kenya, and she was there and witnessed the birth. He doesn't have a birth certificate or he hasn't shown it. He has what's called a certificate of live birth. That is something that's easy to get."



The real estate mogul claims the president has spent $2 million in legal fees to cover up the truth. Still, Trump says he hopes that Obama can produce an authentic birth certificate.﻿

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