Oprah town hall cost Harris campaign far more than initially claimed: report

A caller study revealed Vice President Kamala Harris' statesmanlike run paid much than treble what was antecedently reported for the Oprah Winfrey municipality hallway event.

FEC filings, archetypal reported by the Washington Examiner, show the Harris run made two $500,000 payments to Winfrey’s Harpo Productions connected Oct. 15, a period aft Winfrey's municipality hallway with Harris and weeks earlier the brace appeared astatine a Harris Philadelphia rally. Now, 2 sources person told The New York Times the afloat terms of the lawsuit with Winfrey was person to $2.5 million.

Harris' run spent $1.5 billion, oregon $100 cardinal per week during her 15-week statesmanlike run, according to the Times. Democrat donors accidental they are inactive being bombarded with requests, and the Democratic Party is reportedly $20 cardinal successful indebtedness from the failed campaign. 

Some of the reported spending included astir $9,000 successful crystal pick from high-end shops similar Sweet Lucy's Ice Cream and Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams.

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VP Kamala Harris (L) joins Oprah Winfrey astatine a 'Unite for America' unrecorded streaming rally successful Farmington Hills, Michigan, connected September 19, 2024. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Harris' run reportedly utilized astir $15,000 connected nutrient transportation services specified arsenic Uber Eats and DoorDash from July done the extremity of the contention successful aboriginal November, the Times reported.

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Oprah Winfrey hugs Democratic statesmanlike nominee Vice President Kamala Harris during a run rally successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania connected November 4, 2024.  (REUTERS/Rachel Wisniewski)

During a two-week play successful October, Harris' run reportedly spent $2.6 cardinal connected question aboard backstage jets. 

The run besides spent $900,000 to reserve advertisement abstraction connected Las Vegas' Sphere successful the last week of the election, though she inactive mislaid Nevada by 3 points.

The bulk of the extravagant spending reportedly went to personage appearances and performances and influencer partnerships meant to boost run events. 

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Winfrey, a billionaire, insisted she was "paid nothing" when confronted by TMZ.

Oprah Winfrey (L) holds up VP Kamala Harris' manus arsenic she arrives onstage during a run rally connected the Benjamin Franklin Parkway successful Philadelphia, connected November 4, 2024. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

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A Harpo Productions spokesperson acknowledged to Variety that the institution took wealth from the run but claimed it was for "production costs."

"Oprah Winfrey was astatine nary constituent during the run paid a idiosyncratic fee, nor did she person a interest from Harpo," the spokesperson said.

Fox News Digital reached retired to the Harris run for comment, but did not instantly person a response.

Fox News Digital's Jeffrey Clark contributed to this report.