Trump Calls For Prosecuting Beyoncé With ‘Paid Endorsement’ Lie

Over the weekend, Donald Trump called for prosecuting music superstar Beyoncé claiming she was paid $11 million [which did not happen] for the singer’s endorsement of Kamala Harris during the 2024 presidential race.

The lies never stop…

The president is calling for the prosecution of Beyoncé…for something that did not happen.

It’s not like a dispute of fact. He’s calling for her to be charged with a crime over a nonexistent payment conjured up by supporters on social media. https://t.co/UP5j1gHonc

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 27, 2025

Here’s the fact-check from CNN:

There is simply no basis for Trump’s claim that Beyoncé received an $11 million payment related to the Harris campaign, let alone for the endorsement in particular.

Federal campaign spending records show a $165,000 payment from the Harris campaign to Beyoncé’s production company, which the campaign listed as a “campaign event production” expense.

A Harris campaign spokesperson told Deadline last year that they didn’t pay celebrity endorsers, but were required by law to cover the costs connected to their appearances.

Nobody has ever produced any evidence for the claim of an eight-figure endorsement payment to Beyoncé since the claim that it was “$10 million” began spreading last year among Trump supporters on social media.

Actually, Beyoncé has a history of supporting Democratic presidential candidates, going back to 2008, when she appeared at a rally for Barack Obama the day before Election Day.

Fact-check websites FactCheck.org and PolitiFact have also investigated the bogus claim and did not find any evidence to support the lie.

Of course, what he’s really doing is attempting yet another distraction from the Epstein story. So he’s calling for the prosecution of Beyoncé, Oprah, and Kamala Harris – all powerful Black women, which is his usual target.