{"id":2467745,"date":"2025-07-28T14:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T18:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/al-sharpton-denounces-trump-claim-that-harris-campaign-bribed-him\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T14:47:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T18:47:14","slug":"al-sharpton-denounces-trump-claim-that-harris-campaign-bribed-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/al-sharpton-denounces-trump-claim-that-harris-campaign-bribed-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Sharpton denounces Trump claim that Harris campaign bribed him"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fal-sharpton-denounces-trump-claim-that-harris-campaign-bribed-him%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=2467745&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>Rev. Al Sharpton has strongly denied President Donald Trump&#8217;s accusations that he was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to endorse Kamala Harris&#8217;s 2024 presidential campaign. Sharpton clarified in an MSNBC interview that no payment was made to him personally and accused Trump of using these claims as a distraction from controversies surrounding his administration, specifically the Jeffrey Epstein case. The controversy stemmed from a $500,000 donation Harris&#8217;s campaign made to Sharpton&#8217;s nonprofit,the National Action Network,shortly before Sharpton conducted a favorable interview with Harris on MSNBC. Sharpton stated that the donation did not constitute an endorsement, as his nonprofit has a policy against endorsing candidates. He suggested that Trump might face a defamation lawsuit, emphasizing that trump knew there was no endorsement or payment to him directly. Trump had also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >alleged similar bribery involving<\/a> other celebrities like Beyonc\u00e9, though Harris&#8217;s campaign denied those claims, citing FEC filings that showed no payments matching the accusations.  <\/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\">Al Sharpton denounces Trump claim that Harris campaign bribed him<\/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_1625827\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Rev. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/al-sharpton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Al Sharpton<\/a> on Monday rejected President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s claims that he was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to endorse former Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s presidential campaign during the 2024 election cycle.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Absolutely not,&rdquo; Sharpton said during an interview on MSNBC&rsquo;s <em>Morning Joe<\/em> when asked if he was paid to endorse Harris. He further accused Trump of using the allegations as a last-ditch attempt to distract from fallout over his administration&rsquo;s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case, arguing that the president is &ldquo;trying to flood the zone to take any pressure off of him and try to put his MAGA base back together again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3483820\/joe-concha-stephen-colbert-suggests-cbs-save-face-by-firing-immediately\/\">Joe Concha suggests CBS would &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-joins-coalition-suing-over-americorps-funding-cuts-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Michigan joins coalition suing over AmeriCorps funding cuts - Washington Examiner\">save face&#038;rsquo<\/a>; by firing Colbert immediately<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3483488\/stephen-colbert-continues-to-be-bested-by-gutfeld-after-announcing-cancellation\/\">Stephen Colbert continues to be bested by Gutfeld after announcing cancellation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3483366\/former-tonight-show-host-jay-leno-comedians-cozying-to-one-side\/\">Former Tonight Show host Jay Leno laments comedians &#8216;cozying too much to one side&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The saga started in October 2024 when Sharpton, an MSNBC anchor, brought Harris on the network for what critics described as a softball interview as she campaigned against Trump to become the country&rsquo;s next president.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Election Commission filings scrutinized after the interview showed that Harris<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3243014\/msnbc-conflict-interest-sharpton-harris-donations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> donated $500,000<\/a> to Sharpton&rsquo;s nonprofit organization, the National Action Network, weeks before the media sitdown, leading Trump and other Republicans to accuse the reverend of being financially bribed to support her struggling campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Sharpton acknowledged Monday that National Action Network received the funds, but he denied that such an action represented a conflict of interest and argued that neither he nor his nonprofit organization ever directly endorsed Harris.&nbsp;A defamation lawsuit against Trump could be coming, the reverend threatened, because the president &ldquo;had knowledge this time that there was no endorsement and that I didn&rsquo;t get any money.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This went to the nonprofit that I&rsquo;m connected to,&rdquo; Sharpton said.<\/p>\n<p>Sharpton stopped just short of endorsing Harris during a speech at the Democratic National Convention in August 2024. Noting that his National Action Network makes it a policy not to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-announces-it-wont-endorse-presidential-candidate-for-first-time-since-1988-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Washington Post announces it won\u2019t ... ...ial candidate for first time since 1988 - Washington Examiner\">endorse presidential candidates<\/a>, Sharpton told the crowd that with Harris, &ldquo;We are now on our way to the Oval Office. We won&rsquo;t go back.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sharpton&rsquo;s dig at Trump this week came after the president on Saturday called for the reverend and other Democratic-aligned celebrities<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3483260\/trump-kamala-harris-should-be-prosecuted-celebrity-endorsements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> to be prosecuted <\/a>for allegedly being bribed to endorse the Harris campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PAY FOR AN ENDORSEMENT,&rdquo; Trump wrote in a post to Truth Social. &ldquo;IT IS TOTALLY ILLEGAL TO DO SO. Can you imagine what would happen if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-kamala-harris-should-be-prosecuted-over-celebrity-endorsements-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... says Kamala ... should be prosecuted over celebrity ...ments - Washington Examiner\">politicians started paying<\/a> for people to endorse them. All hell would break out! Kamala, and all of those that received Endorsement money, BROKE THE LAW.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Other celebrities Trump has accused of endorsing Harris in exchange for money include Beyonc&eacute;.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3243014\/msnbc-conflict-interest-sharpton-harris-donations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">MSNBC &lsquo;UNWARE&rsquo; HARRIS CAMPAIGN DONATED $500K TO AL SHARPTON NONPROFIT BEFORE FRIENDLY INTERVIEW<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There were rumors in October 2024 that the Harris campaign paid Beyonc&eacute; $10 million to endorse the then-vice president&rsquo;s bid against Trump with a speech at a Houston rally. While the event attracted large crowds amid the widespread belief that the Grammy-winning artist was set to perform, Beyonc&eacute; gave only a brief address expressing support for Harris &ldquo;as a mother.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Harris team vigorously rebuffed claims of a bribed endorsement as lies, with FEC filings showing no record of such a $10 million payment. However, FEC records released following the election showed that the former vice president&rsquo;s campaign paid Beyonce&rsquo;s production company $165,000.<\/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_1625827\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1625827\"}});<\/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>Al Sharpton denies Trump&#8217;s claim of paid Harris endorsement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2467746,"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":[46297,60098,35844,36160,3634],"class_list":["post-2467745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-al-sharpton","tag-bribery-claim","tag-harris-campaign","tag-political-controversy","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\/2467745","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2467745"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2467749,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467745\/revisions\/2467749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2467746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2467745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2467745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2467745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}