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President Trump connected Saturday doubled down connected his accusations that erstwhile Vice President Harris paid celebrities to endorse her during the 2024 statesmanlike election.
The president, echoing erstwhile claims that Harris paid Beyoncé, Oprah and Al Sharpton to enactment her White House bid passim the run trail, said Harris and the celebrities progressive should beryllium "prosecuted."
“YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PAY FOR AN ENDORSEMENT. IT IS TOTALLY ILLEGAL TO DO SO. Can you ideate what would hap if politicians started paying for radical to endorse them. All hellhole would interruption out,” the president wrote successful a Truth Social post.
“Kamala, and each of those that received Endorsement money, BROKE THE LAW. They should each beryllium prosecuted! Thank you for your attraction to this matter,” helium added.
Trump made akin claims astir the erstwhile vice president earlier this twelvemonth and precocious past year.
“Beyoncé didn’t sing, Oprah didn’t bash overmuch of thing (she called it ‘expenses’), and Al is conscionable a 3rd complaint Con Man,” he said successful December.
In Saturday’s post, the president claimed Harris paid $11 cardinal to Beyoncé, $3 cardinal to Oprah, and $600,000 to Sharpton.
Oprah antecedently said she “was not paid a dime” to appear alongside Harris astatine a live-streamed event. Production fees were covered by the campaign, however.
“The radical who worked connected that accumulation needed to beryllium paid. And were. End of story,” she wrote past fall.
The Harris run previously denied paying Beyoncé for an endorsement. Records from the Federal Elections Commission amusement the Harris run did wage Beyonce’s accumulation institution Parkwood Production Media LLC $165,000. Such reimbursements are often associated with ample lawsuit accumulation and cannot beryllium donated to governmental campaigns.
