Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign reportedly gave large sums of money to organizations run by media figures in the weeks before she sat down for interviews.
FEC FilingsFirst reported by Washington Free BeaconShow Harris campaign in September and October Rev. Made two donations of $250,000 to Al Sharpton’s nonprofit organization.
Harris sat down with the MSNBC host for a friendly interview on Oct. 20, in which he asked her what she wants her legacy to be 50 years from now.
Sharpton wasn’t the only media ally to receive campaign payments to his organization before his sit-in interview, a bombshell. The New York Times report came out.
Rev. Al Sharpton compared Harris to former Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm in his friendly sit-in interview. (MSNBC screenshot)
Bill Maher tries to explain to a shocked William Shatner why Harris lost the election
The campaign also paid New Vision Media $350,000 on September 9. FEC Filings First reported by The Times.
New Vision Media is a media company run by journalist Roland Martin. Martin spent about 30 minutes interviewing Harris on his streaming program in October.
A former CNN aide told the Times that the payment was for advertising.
“It should have been a hell of a lot,” he said, according to the report. “More should have been spent on black-owned media.”
The Kamala Harris 2024 campaign reportedly made two $250,000 donations to the National Action Network before her sit-in with the MSNBC host, led by the Reverend Al Sharpton.
According to the Free Beacon, the Harris campaign gave $5.4 million to black and Latino advocacy groups in an effort to get more of these voters into their coalition.
News of the spending comes as Harris’ campaign faces increased scrutiny over its $1.5 billion spending spree during his brief presidential campaign.
The Times report also found that the star-studded campaign cost more than $10 million. The report said that while the singers were not paid, the support staff was.
The campaign also made two $500,000 payments to Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions on October 15, a month after Winfrey’s town hall with Harris and weeks before the pair appeared at a Harris Philadelphia rally. FEC Filings show
Oprah town hall cost more than Harris campaign initially claimed: report
American producer and actress Oprah Winfrey holds the hand of U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris as she arrives on stage during a campaign rally on Benjamin Franklin Parkway on November 4, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pa. (Photo by Angela Weiss/AFP) (Photo by Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
Allies of Harris told the Times that the entire cost of the event with Winfrey was close to $2.5 million.
Spokesperson for Harpo Productions Variety acknowledged that the company took money from the campaign but claimed it was for “production costs.”
The Harris campaign did not immediately return a request for comment to Fox News Digital.
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Stephanie Price of Fox News contributed to this article.
