in february 2012, taitz sued the mississippi state democratic party and the mississippi secretary of state alleging obama was not a natural born citizen. taitz accused the party of aiding and abetting in forgery and fraud when it submitted to the court a copy of obama's birth certificate. in response, the party filed with the court a certified verification from hawaii's state registrar attesting to the accuracy of obama's birth certificate. taitz accused the registrar of being complicit with the forgery.