Donald Trump asked to investigate Beyoncé, Bono, Oprah, Bruce Springsteen and other “Democrats” artists
By Jordan King and Shane Croucher, from Newsweek
President Donald Trump has requested a “thorough investigation” on celebrities who supported Kamala Harris’s electoral campaign in 2024, including Bruce Springsteen, Beyoncé, Oprah and Bono, claiming that his appearances were potentially illegal contributions.
Newsweek He has contacted representatives of the Kamala Harris, Bono, and Beyoncé and Bruce Springsteen campaign, by email, as well as with Oprah’s producer, through LinkedIn, to request comments.
Trump is asking new questions about how the Federal Electoral Commission interprets presentations in campaign events and what constitutes a contribution in kind, and the broader implications that could influence how future political events take advantage of the influence of celebrities.
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The request of the president of an investigation is produced in the middle of a dispute between Trump and Springsteen, after the musician, known as “the boss”, began his tour on Wednesday night qualifying the Trump administration as “corrupt, incompetent and traitor.”
In response, Trump turned to his social networks platform, Truth Social, and called Springsteen “an aggressive and unpleasant fool” and a “decrepit rocker.”
Springsteen raised his voice again after Trump’s publication on social networks, stating that events in the United States “are altering the very nature of our country’s democracy.”
Trump posted on his Truth Social platform on Monday: «How much did Kamala Harris pay Bruce Springsteen for his low performance during her president campaign? Why did he accept that money if he is so fan of her? Isn’t it an important and illegal campaign contribution? And what about Beyoncé? And how much was it for Oprah and Bono?
I will request an exhaustive investigation on this matter. Candidates cannot pay for support, as Kamala did, under the pretext of paying for entertainment.
In addition, this was a very expensive and desperate effort to artificially increase its low audience. It is not legal! For these antipatriot artists, this was simply a corrupt and illegal way to take advantage of a failed system.
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This arises after much speculation about how much Harris paid to the celebrities who acted on their rallies. There are no indications that confirmed payments are personal to the artists and should not be assumed that they benefited personally or received money from the aforementioned actions.
The records of the Federal Electoral Commission show that she paid the Beyoncé producer, Parkwood Production Media LLC, $ 165,000 on November 19, said USA Today at that time. Harris also paid a million dollars to the producer of Oprah, Harpo Productions, in October, in two sums of $ 500,000.
Oprah declared in a video at that time: «I did not receive any personal payment. However, the people who worked on that production had to receive a payment. And they received it ». End of history.
The Springsteen producer, Thrill Hill Productions, received a payment of $ 75,000 from the Harris presidential campaign on November 19 last year, according to the records of the Federal Electoral Commission.
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Just after last year’s elections, statements arose that Beyoncé had received $ 10 million for his participation in the Harris campaign.
But the singer’s mother, Tina Knowles, responded with an Instagram publication criticizing the publication of conservative commentator Candace Owens about it. “So this has been marked on Instagram as false and eliminated news.” “It’s called false information,” said Knowles.
“The lie is that Beyoncé was paid 10 million dollars to speak at a rally in Houston in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris,” he added. “When in reality: Beyoncé did not receive a penny for speaking in a rally of the presidential candidate for vice president Kamala Harris in Houston.”
“In fact, she herself paid her own flights, those of her team and the total glamor,” he said.
Statements
Bruce Springsteenspeaking in his concert: «In my country they are pleased in pain that inflict American workers loyal. They are revoking historical civil rights laws that have resulted in a more just and plural society. They are abandoning our great allies and putting themselves on the side of dictators against those who fight for their freedom. They are defining US universities that do not bend before their ideological demands ».
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Beyoncé He said at a campaign rally in favor of Kamala Harris last year: “I’m not here as a celebrity, I’m not here as a policy.” I am here as a mother. A mother who deeply cares about the world in which my children and all our children live, a world where we have the freedom to control our bodies, a world where we are not divided.
The Federal Electoral Commission has not publicly responded to Trump’s request for investigation, and it is not yet clear if any formal complaint has been filed.
Posted in cooperation with International Newsweek
