President Donald Trump called on the weekend to prosecute Beyoncé, a music superstar – on the basis of what did not really happen.
A short social media report stated that Beyoncé had violated the law allegedly paying $ 11 million for the fact that in 2024 October The event in Houston was approved by Kamala Harris, a Democratic candidate for a democratic candidate. However, there is simply no reason to claim to the Trump that Beyoncé received a $ 11 million contribution to Harris campaign, not to mention what is especially for confirmation.
Federal campaign expenditure records show a $ 165,000 contribution from Harris campaign Beyoncé manufacturing company, which was listed as the Campaign Event production costs. A Harris campaign spokesman said last year the Deadline said they did not pay celebrity approvers, but the law required the costs of their performances.
Despite these $ 165,000 costs, it is far from $ 11 million. No one has ever provided any evidence of the claim for an eight -digit approval benefit Beyoncé, as the claim that Trump’s supporters began to spread “$ 10 million” last year. Factche.org and PolitiCact campaign examined the “$ 10 million” lawsuit and found no basis during the campaign.
The White House did not immediately respond to CNN’s request in the late Saturday to receive any evidence of a short number of $ 11 million. When Trump used to use an unreasonable figure earlier in February. In an interview, he described his source under the most vague conditions: “Someone showed me something to me. They gave her $ 11 million.”
Harris spokesman on Saturday CNN directed to November. Beyoncé’s mother Tinos Knowles’s social media report, which demanded that the $ 10 million contribution would be a “lie” and noted that she had been abolished by Instagram as “false information.”
“When actually: Beyonce didn’t get a penny for talking to Vice President Kamala Harris (SIC) rally in Houston,” Knowles wrote.
Beyoncé spokesman Beyoncé in November Politicalt said the claim for about $ 10 million is “not just funny”.
Singer Beyonce and Democratic President Candidate US Vice President Kamala Harris includes when they visit Harris campaign rally, Houston, Texas, USA, 2024. October 25 – Marco Bello/Reuters
What did Trump wrote on Sunday
Trump revived a false statement in a social media record published after midnight early Sunday morning in Scotland, where he was visiting. He wrote that he was looking at the “fact” that the Democrats “confess that they were paying, probably illegally, eleven million dollars to singer Beyoncé for approval.”
Democratic officials actually dismiss the claim for a $ 11 million contribution. The White House did not immediately respond to CNN’s request for any evidence of democratic admission to such payment.
Trump continued to criticize other payments from Harris campaign to organizations related to famous approvalrs. He had no evidence that these payments were inaccurately described in expenditure records. And he wrongly claimed that paying for political approval was “completely illegal”, although no federal law prohibits approval benefits.
Trump concluded: “Kamala and all those who received approvals have violated the law. They should all be prosecuted! Thank you for your attention.”
Trump repeatedly called for political opponents to prosecute. His Saturday’s post on Harris and Celebritity was in May. Escalation from the report when he said he would demand a “basic investigation” on the subject, but did not clearly mention the prosecution.
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