President Donald Trump suggested that former Vice President Kamala Harris may have engaged in criminal conduct due to a series of questionable financial decisions made during her 2024 presidential campaign.
In a Truth Social post, Trump said he was “looking at the large amount of money” Democrats owed following the 2024 election. The Harris campaign and its affiliated Democratic groups ended the race tens of millions of dollars in debt, despite raising record sums for such a short-lived campaign.
Trump also pointed to the Harris campaign’s tactic of booking celebrities for pre-rally concerts to project enthusiasm—referencing a widely publicized incident in which Beyoncé was rumored to perform at a Houston rally but ultimately didn’t appear. Large crowds of supposed “Harris supporters” were seen leaving the venue once it became clear she wouldn’t take the stage.
“I’m looking at the large amount of money owed by the Democrats, after the Presidential Election, and the fact that they admit to paying, probably illegally, Eleven Million Dollars to singer Beyoncé for an ENDORSEMENT (she never sang, not one note, and left the stage to a booing and angry audience!), Three Million Dollars for ‘expenses,’” the president posted on Truth Social.
He also pointed to similar instances involving Oprah Winfrey and Al Sharpton, both of whom were paid lofty sums for what Trump described as “absolutely nothing!” He continued: “These ridiculous fees were incorrectly stated in the books and records. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PAY FOR AN ENDORSEMENT. IT IS TOTALLY ILLEGAL TO DO SO. Can you imagine what would happen if politicians started paying for people to endorse them. All hell would break out!”
He closed his post with this: “Kamala, and all of those that received Endorsement money, BROKE THE LAW. They should all be prosecuted!”
Harris raised over $1 billion for her 2024 presidential campaign in less than 80 days, spanning from July 21, 2024—when she became the Democratic nominee—through early October. This included $81 million in the first 24 hours following then-President Joe Biden’s withdrawal, $310 million in July, $361 million in August, and $378 million in September.