Kamala Harris deceived donors as she struck a secret deal with the DNC to pay off the remaining debt from her failed 2024 White House bid.
Recall that Kamala Harris stole Joe Biden’s delegates and took his donor money after he dropped out of the presidential race in July 2024.
After blowing through over $1 billion in virtually 3 months, Kamala Harris ended her presidential run in more than $20 million in debt.
According to The New York Times, Harris struck a secret deal with the DNC to pay off her 2024 bills, but the donors were left in the dark.
NEW: Kamala Harris and the DNC struck a handshake deal for the party to pay leftover 2024 bills.
They’ve amounted to $20.5 million.
Harris has promised to raise $$$ to cover those costs.
But small donors making the donations have been left in dark.https://t.co/8j5Jp8Y1UM
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) August 25, 2025
The secret Harris-DNC deal “obscured the extent of unpaid bills at the end of the race,” the New York Times reported.
The Harris-DNC deal obscured the extent of unpaid bills at end of race.
Harris team claimed “there will be no debt” on post-election reports.
Which was technically true.
But $20.5 million in post-election bills have been paid.https://t.co/8j5Jp8Y1UM
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) August 25, 2025
The DNC is still struggling financially after they wasted over $1 billion to lose against Trump in 2024.
Harris owed $3.5 million to a company that does influencer work since she had to pay for endorsements.
Among the covered expenses: $3.5 million for a company that does influencer work and $100,000 to an entertainment and production firm co-founded by LeBron Jameshttps://t.co/8j5Jp8YzKk
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) August 25, 2025
More from The New York Times:
Not long after Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election, her senior advisors and the Democratic National Committee struck a handshake deal.
Ms. Harris still had bills piling up, and campaign officials had counted on raising more money during a prolonged fight over tallying votes. Instead, the race was called early in the morning after Election Day.
The private agreement was this: The party would pick up the tab for any outstanding 2024 bills, allowing Ms. Harris to claim she did not end the race in debt. In turn, Ms. Harris would raise the money to cover all of those leftover costs, leaving the party whole financially as it sought to navigate the second Trump era.
Left in the dark were the small donors who received nearly 100 email solicitations sent from the Harris operation this year alone on behalf of the DNC. The emails did not disclose that funds raised from those emails were essentially earmarked from leftover bills.
