Trump to Investigate Beyoncé's Alleged $11M Kamala Harris Endorsement

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Donald Trump to Investigate Beyoncé's Alleged $11M Kamala Harris Endorsement

President Donald Trump is questioning Kamala Harris’ endorsements.

Seven months after Beyoncé showed out for a surprise appearance at Harris’ Houston rally ahead of the 2024 United States Presidential Election, Trump—who won the election and became the 47th U.S. president—alleged that the “Crazy in Love” singer, among other celebrities, were illegally paid to do so.  

“According to news reports,” Trump wrote in a May 19 post to his social media platform Truth Social, though he didn’t specify which reports, “Beyoncé was paid $11,000,000 to walk onto a stage, quickly ENDORSE KAMALA, and walk off to loud booing for never having performed, NOT EVEN ONE SONG!”

“Remember, the Democrats and Kamala illegally paid her millions of Dollars for doing nothing other than giving Kamala a full throated ENDORSEMENT,” he continued. “THIS IS AN ILLEGAL ELECTION SCAM AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL! IT IS AN ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION!”

Along with Beyoncé—who shares kids Blue Ivy, 13, and twins Rumi and Sir, 7, with husband Jay-Z—Trump went on to state that, “BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, OPRAH, BONO AND,  PERHAPS, MANY OTHERS, HAVE A LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO!!!”

And just hours before, he further alleged that he was going to call “a major investigation” into the actions of “these unpatriotic ‘entertainers.’”

“Candidates aren’t allowed to pay for ENDORSEMENTS,” the 78-year-old wrote in a separate post May 18, “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,” he continued. “IT’S NOT LEGAL! This was just a CORRUPT & UNLAWFUL way to capitalize on a broken system.”

E! News has reached out to reps for Beyoncé and Harris for comment but has not heard back.

But back in November, the “Formation” singer’s mother Tina Knowles had shut down previous rumors that her daughter was given money to speak at Harris’ rally, sharing a screenshot of a post from the Candace Owens Show that had “been flagged on Instagram as fake news and taken down.”

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"It's called False Information," Knowles—who shares the Grammy winner and younger daughter Solange Knowles with ex Mathew Knowles—captioned a Nov. 16 Instagram post. "Sadly other platforms with a lack of integrity still have it up."

"The lie is that Beyonce was paid 10 million dollars to speak at a rally in Houston for Vice President Kamala Harris," the 71-year-old continued. "When In Fact: Beyonce did not receive a penny for speaking at a Presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harrris's Rally in Houston."

As for why Beyoncé said she was at the rally in the first place? During her Oct. 25 speech, she emphasized that it all came down to her kids.

"I'm not here as a celebrity,” she said onstage at the time. “I'm not here as a politician. I'm here as a mother, a mother who cares deeply about the world my children and all of our children live in. A world where we have the freedom to control our bodies, a world where we're not divided."

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