As The Gateway Pundit reported, Kamala Harris has been beset with revelations that she ended her campaign millions of dollars in debt despite raising over $1 billion. In fact, Harris’s campaign was so poorly run that her top staffers reportedly paid wealthy, liberal celebrities millions of dollars to endorse her.
These celebrities allegedly included rapper Cardi B and infamous billionaire mogul Oprah Winfrey. The campaign has remained silent for days regarding the rumors.
Until now. Adrienne Elrod, who served as senior spokesperson for Harris’s campaign, gave her version of the facts in an interview with Deadline this week.
“We do not pay,” she told the outlet. “We have never paid any artist and performer. We have never paid a fee to that person.”
But Elrod did note that the Harris campaign paid “for any ancillary costs for that performance” by a celebrity, saying this was required by law.
“There are laws that have to be followed that we have followed religiously on this campaign,” she said.
The Daily Mail notes that the laws Elrod was referring to are Federal Election Commission (FEC) rules which mandate campaigns to pay “fair market value” for the costs of events.
Companies are forbidden from paying campaigns directly without receiving reimbursement. Moreover, when an individual decides to cover the cost, this is still an in-kind contribution that faces legal limits.
Elrod’s response came just days after Winfrey was confronted by a TMZ reporter on Monday in Santa Barbara, California regarding President Trump’s election victory and whether she received $1 million from the Harris campaign.
According to a report from The Washington Examiner on how the campaign burned through over $1 billion in funds, Winfrey’s Harpo Productions received $1 million in October for ‘campaign-related’ services.
In return, Winfrey hosted a star-studded town hall and spoke at her final rally in Philadelphia before Election Day.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Winfrey brushed off questions about Trump’s easy victory while firmly denying the rumors about receiving payment.
“Not true,” she claimed. “I was paid nothing. Ever.”
