Al Sharpton continuing to host MSNBC show, make regular appearances after Harris campaign payment revealed

FIRST ON FOX – MSNBC's Al Sharpton has continued to marque impermanent appearances connected the web successful summation to hosting his play amusement aft revelations that his nonprofit took wealth from the Kamala Harris run earlier helium interviewed her.

The Harris run shelled retired a whopping $500,000 to Sharpton’s National Action Network nonprofit up of a affable interrogation the MSNBC big conducted with the Democratic nominee conscionable weeks earlier the election. MSNBC insists it was "unaware" astatine the clip of the donation, which was reported by the Washington Free Beacon connected Nov. 12.

In summation to hosting "PoliticsNation" connected Saturdays and Sundays, Sharpton has made different 7 appearances arsenic a impermanent connected MSNBC since the communicative broke, according to the Media Research Center, including connected Wednesday's "Morning Joe." He made 30 impermanent appearances from Oct. 1 to Nov. 11, his appearances decreasing somewhat since the outgo was revealed.

Nevertheless, he's continued to beryllium portion of the network's sum of the aftermath of President-elect Donald Trump's triumph implicit Harris, whom Sharpton and galore of his web colleagues powerfully supported.

SHARPTON'S 'PAY TO PLAY' SCANDAL 'RICOCHETING AROUND THE HALLS' OF MSNBC, INSIDER SAYS: 'CAN'T BE ACCEPTABLE'

MSNBC's Al Sharpton was an unfastened protagonist of Kamala Harris' bid for the presidency and his amusement is astir exclusively devoted to anti-Republican commentary. (Brian Stukes/Getty Images; Kim Kulish/Corbis via Getty Images; Screenshot/MSNBC)

"Every facet of MSNBC’s handling of this lawsuit demonstrates a chaotic disregard for journalistic standards," MRC elder probe expert Bill D'Agostino told Fox News Digital. "They ignored the communicative for days, past pled ignorance and moved on. Sharpton’s impermanent appearances whitethorn person decreased since this ungraded broke, but he’s inactive around, and helium inactive has his ain show. His prevalence connected the web volition astir apt instrumentality to its mean complaint wrong a month. It looks similar their program is to disregard this communicative until it goes away."

Harris sat down for her affable interview on Oct. 20 with Sharpton, an unfastened protagonist of Harris and the Democratic Party. FEC filings revealed the Harris run gave 2 $250,000 donations to Sharpton’s nonprofit enactment successful September and October. However, the MSNBC play big did not disclose to viewers the evident struggle of involvement earlier oregon aft the interview. 

During the interview, Sharpton wished Harris a blessed day and likened her to revered Democrat Shirley Chisholm.

MSNBC WAS ‘UNAWARE’ HARRIS CAMPAIGN GAVE $500K TO AL SHARPTON'S GROUP AHEAD OF FRIENDLY INTERVIEW

MSNBC reportedly said it was "unaware" that Vice President Kamala Harris’ run paid $500,000 to Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network nonprofit. (MSNBC screenshot)

D'Agostino recovered that "MSNBC was truthful excited astir Sharpton’s interrogation that they promoted it astatine slightest 17 times successful the 4 days surrounding it," and "three of those instances progressive a impermanent quality by Sharpton himself, successful which helium fielded questions astir his speech with Harris and accepted praise for his marvelous work."

Sharpton did not disclose the donations to his bosses astatine MSNBC, according to the Free Beacon.

"MSNBC was unaware of the donations made to the National Action Network," an MSNBC spokesperson told the Free Beacon.

MSNBC didn't respond to different requests for comment.

"Al Sharpton is simply a radical ambulance chaser," MRC president Brent Bozell posted connected X. "He SHOULD NOT beryllium the big of a quality show. Accepting wealth from a campaigner should beryllium the extremity of his ‘news’ career."

KAMALA HARRIS INTERVIEWERS RECEIVED LARGE CAMPAIGN DONATIONS TO THEIR GROUPS AHEAD OF SIT-DOWNS

Vice President Kamala Harris sat down for a affable interrogation with MSNBC’s Al Sharpton connected October 20. (MSNBC screenshot)

Sharpton’s colleagues wrong NBC’s Rockefeller Plaza headquarters are buzzing astir the ordeal. A existent MSNBC worker told Fox News Digital connected Tuesday that the determination "has a spot of a soiled consciousness to it." 

"There's a consciousness of like, ‘Ugh, we don't request this. This feels benignant of grifty and gross,’" the MSNBC worker said. 

"That benignant of wealth should not beryllium changing hands to radical who are cosplaying being a journalist," they continued. "Maybe that's not a just word due to the fact that I don't know, is helium a journalist? I don't know. But that conscionable feels a small spot similar wage to play, and it doesn't consciousness right."

Fox News Digital’s Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report. 

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