ABC's Kimmel fails to disclose fundraising for Harris campaign during friendly Walz interview

ABC precocious nighttime big Jimmy Kimmel interviewed Democratic vice-presidential campaigner Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., Monday nighttime without disclosing that helium has some endorsed and led fundraising for the Harris campaign.

The "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" big hosted a celebrity-studded fundraiser successful June that raised tens of millions of dollars for the then-Biden-Harris run and lent his sanction to a Harris run fundraising email past month, successful which helium endorsed Harris for president and trashed erstwhile President Trump.

Viewers would person missed those details successful his interrogation with Walz, wherever they talked astir the Harris campaign’s imaginativeness for America, softened the vice-presidential candidate’s caller gaffes with jokes and slammed the Trump campaign. 

The anti-Trump precocious nighttime big made nary notation that helium is backing the Harris-Walz run portion giving Walz a precocious nighttime web level to talk to voters. 

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Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., appeared connected "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" connected Monday, Oct. 7. (Screenshot/ABC )

During the interview, Kimmel called Walz a "really bully man" that the state needs, and referred to him arsenic "America’s sweetheart."

In turn, Walz told Kimmel astir his campaign’s affirmative imaginativeness for the country, noting that they volition "turn the page" connected the Trump era.

"For me, and being an eternal optimist, I ever accidental that. I supervised a precocious schoolhouse lunchroom – you're an optimist oregon you're dead," helium said, adding, "This thought that look, we get to crook the leafage connected that, and I program connected waking up connected November 6 with Madam President."

Kimmel poked amusive astatine Walz’s past line, stating, "I privation to beryllium clear, you won't beryllium waking up together." "No," Walz replied laughing, arsenic the big changeable back, "Unless you guys person gotten person than we thought."

"I person a occupation astir not being circumstantial with my language. So convey you for that, specifically right," Walz responded, referencing the information that helium has been criticized for inaccurate claims astir his vocation which helium has chalked up to having "misspoke."

That Kimmel conducted a softball interrogation with Walz is nary astonishment considering however overmuch the comedian has supported the Democratic statesmanlike ticket.

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Kimmel's network, ABC, has been scrutinized for immoderate of its connections to the Harris-Walz campaign. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

In a associated September email from Kimmel and the Harris run that Fox News Digital precocious obtained, the big stated, "Sorry to interruption your acold small heart, Donald, but I endorse Kamala Harris for president. I've had the privilege of interviewing our Vice President respective times. She is simply a kind, superb and delightful idiosyncratic who cares precise overmuch astir our country."

The email provided links for recipients to nonstop wealth to the Harris-Walz campaign, and added different connection from Kimmel. "I privation my 4 children to cognize I was connected the close broadside of past (which is the near side). We request to support our kids from the self-serving trolls who unreal to beryllium warring for ‘freedom.’ I judge successful truth, justness and each the worldly we learned from Superman. Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are our champion anticipation successful this conflict for sanity."

Kimmel besides hosted a June fundraiser for the Biden-Harris run that featured personage guests George Clooney, Julia Roberts, and others, on with erstwhile President Barack Obama and raked successful implicit $30 cardinal for the Democratic ticket. 

Kimmel's network, ABC, has besides been scrutinized for its connections to the Harris-Walz campaign, arsenic Dana Walden, a elder Disney enforcement whose portfolio includes ABC News, is 1 of Vice President Kamala Harris' "extraordinary friends," according to a report successful the New York Times. Walden and Harris person known each different since 1994, portion their husbands, Matt Walden and Doug Emhoff, person known each different since the 1980s.

The enforcement has donated to dozens of Democrats and contributed to Harris’ governmental campaigns since astatine slightest 2003, erstwhile she ran for territory lawyer successful San Francisco. She went connected to donate to her consequent campaigns for California Attorney General and U.S. Senate, arsenic good arsenic her 2020 White House bid. Harris adjacent credited the Waldens for her matrimony astatine a fundraiser successful April 2022, which was held astatine their location successful Los Angeles.

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ABC did not instantly reply to Fox News Digital's petition for comment. 

Fox News Digital’s Kendall Tietz contributed to this report.