You didn�t mention Trump, but it�s clearly a symptom of TDS that would have you state that calling these people employed by Obama as �false information�.
I am not a lawyer, but I do not believe that legally it was an incorrect usage. Employed also means hired or used by. Which is clearly not �false information� as you initially called it. It is not even a �misstatement� as you tried to to down in your next comment.