White House

No Obama P.I.

By Lesley Clark - McClatchy Washington Bureau

March 20, 2015 02:40 PM

This undated photo provided by LIST Sotheby's International Realty shows a home in Waimanalo, Hawaii once used for the filming of the 1980s television show "Magnum, P.I." The 3-acre oceanfront property has sold for $8.7 million to a close friend of President Barack Obama.
This undated photo provided by LIST Sotheby's International Realty shows a home in Waimanalo, Hawaii once used for the filming of the 1980s television show "Magnum, P.I." The 3-acre oceanfront property has sold for $8.7 million to a close friend of President Barack Obama. AP
This undated photo provided by LIST Sotheby's International Realty shows a home in Waimanalo, Hawaii once used for the filming of the 1980s television show "Magnum, P.I." The 3-acre oceanfront property has sold for $8.7 million to a close friend of President Barack Obama. AP

Reports that the Obamas may enjoy post White House life in a Hawaii house made famous in the Magnum P.I. television series are not true, the White House says.

Several news agencies speculated that might be the case after it was noted that the house’s deed and mortage were signed by a person with the same name, Judy Grimanis, as an executive assistant at a Chicago-based private capital firm run by Marty Nesbitt, a longtime friend of President Barack and frequent Hawaii golf partner.

But asked whether the Obama’s are behind the purchase, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest replied “They are not.”

Hawaii, New York and Chicago are routinely mentioned as potential post presidency spots for the family.

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