Former Rep. Allen West was approached at CPAC by Lt. Michael Zullo and Pastor Carl Gallups with the evidence of the forgery of Barack Hussein Obama’s birth certificate but refused to become involved because of “future political aspirations.” West had been leading early in the election returns of November 6, 2012 until his opponent, Patrick Murphy, suddenly received a boost of several thousand votes. West obtained a partial recount but did not gain enough votes to surpass Murphy. A federal lawsuit over the St. Lucie Board of Elections’ refusal to allow the inspection of ballots in the race was filed by TruetheVote.org earlier this year.