{"id":2436336,"date":"2025-05-19T08:41:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T12:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-for-major-investigation-into-harris-campaign-paying-for-endorsements\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T08:42:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T12:42:48","slug":"trump-calls-for-major-investigation-into-harris-campaign-paying-for-endorsements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-for-major-investigation-into-harris-campaign-paying-for-endorsements\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump calls for \u2018major investigation\u2019 into Harris campaign paying for endorsements"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-calls-for-major-investigation-into-harris-campaign-paying-for-endorsements%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2436336&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump is calling for a meaningful investigation into Kamala Harris&#8217;s presidential campaign over allegations that she paid celebrities like Bruce Springsteen, Beyonc\u00e9, and Oprah Winfrey for endorsements. trump took to Truth Social to question how much Harris compensated these entertainers and labeled teh payments as illegal campaign contributions disguised as costs for entertainment. He specifically criticized the substantial amounts paid to these individuals, noting that Harris&#8217;s campaign disbursed nearly $900,000 to entertainers in the lead-up to the election.Trump claims that candidates are not permitted to pay for endorsements,asserting that Harris&#8217;s actions may constitute a violation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/march-for-our-lives-issue-biden-1-billion-list-of-gun-control-policy-demands\/\" title=\"March For Our Lives Issue Biden  Billion List Of Gun Control Policy Demands\">campaign finance laws<\/a>.His comments coincide with Harris considering a bid for the California governor&#8217;s race, where recent polls indicate she has considerable support among voters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump calls for &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-cuomo-under-investigation-again-this-time-for-allegedly-using-state-resources-for-his-book-about-pandemic-leadership\/\" title=\"Andrew Cuomo Under Investigation AGAIN, This Time For Allegedly Using State Resources For His Book About Pandemic \u2018Leadership\u2019\">major investigation<\/a>&rsquo; into  Harris campaign paying for endorsements<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2122789\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> is calling for &ldquo;a major investigation&rdquo; into former Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris&rsquo;s <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/election-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">presidential campaign<\/a> over allegations that she paid off celebrities such as Bruce Springsteen, Beyonce, and Bono to endorse her for president.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;HOW MUCH DID KAMALA HARRIS PAY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FOR HIS POOR PERFORMANCE DURING HER CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT?&rdquo; Trump posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114532867603994760\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Truth Social<\/a>. &ldquo;WHY DID HE ACCEPT THAT MONEY IF HE IS SUCH A FAN OF HERS? ISN&rsquo;T THAT A MAJOR AND ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION? WHAT ABOUT BEYONC&Eacute;? &hellip; AND HOW MUCH WENT TO OPRAH, AND BONO???&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3413986\/how-nice-too-nice-politics-jeff-hurd-find-out\/\">How nice is too nice for politics? 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Beyonce&rsquo;s production company <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/beyonce-bruce-springsteen-and-black-barbershops-how-kamala-harris-whittled-away-her-campaign-war-chest-in-the-elections-final-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">was paid <\/a>$165,000, and Oprah Winfrey&rsquo;s production company was paid $1 million to cover the cost of Harris&rsquo;s town hall with the media personality.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am going to call for a major investigation into this matter,&rdquo; Trump wrote on Truth Social. &ldquo;Candidates aren&rsquo;t allowed to pay for ENDORSEMENTS, which is what Kamala did, under the guise of paying for entertainment. In addition, this was a very expensive and desperate effort to artificially build up her sparse crowds. IT&rsquo;S NOT LEGAL! For these unpatriotic &lsquo;entertainers,&rsquo; this was just a CORRUPT &amp; UNLAWFUL way to capitalize on a broken system. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3222249\/how-kamala-harris-plowed-through-1-billion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>HOW KAMALA HARRIS PLOWED THROUGH $1 BILLION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Between Oct. 17 and Election Day, Nov. 5, the Harris campaign paid entertainers nearly $900,000, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/beyonce-bruce-springsteen-and-black-barbershops-how-kamala-harris-whittled-away-her-campaign-war-chest-in-the-elections-final-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> <\/a>analysis.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s post comes as Harris is mulling a bid in California&rsquo;s governor race.&nbsp;An <a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/international\/us\/california-backs-kamala-harris-big-time-new-poll-shows-her-dominating-governors-race-with-wide-margin-over-all-challengers\/articleshow\/120434651.cms?from=mdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">April poll<\/a> shows that 31% of California voters would back Harris, and 49% of Democrats would support her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2122789\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2122789\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump demands investigation into Harris campaign&#8217;s celebrity endorsements<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2436337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/harris.-gov.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4021,3976,3634],"class_list":["post-2436336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-harris","tag-investigation","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/harris.-gov.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2436336"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2436340,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436336\/revisions\/2436340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2436337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2436336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2436336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2436336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}