It is interesting that the word "even" is not in the quotation marks. If Obama did not say that then he could know that there is a mountain of evidence, not a "smidgen." Dems are very good at weasel wording. I tried to find the original quote but did not come across an original source. Secondary sources did not have the word "even."
Clinton was excellent at this kind of talk. He would say that there was not a single incidence of something. Of course there were lots more than a single, but not just a single.
You give Obama too much credit. He cares not if he lies, did Benghazi teach you nothing? Obama lies, I do believe it was shouted out at a SOTU address. True then, true now.