AL SHARPTON

Daily Mail, UK -  Conservatives slammed MSNBC after host Rev. Al Sharpton accepted $500,000 from Kamala Harris' campaign weeks before a gushing interview.   Sharpton's sit down with the vice president last month drew scrutiny for his softball questioning, with the conservative Washington Free Beacon releasing campaign finance records claiming his non-profit was paid handsomely before the gig. 

Billionaire hedge fund manager and Trump supporter Bill Ackman led the charge, telling Megyn Kelly on her show this week the payments were an attempt 'to manipulate the audience.'  Another critic questioned on X: 'Aren't political campaigns supposed to GET donations?'  

Harris' campaign allegedly gave two $250,000 payments to Sharpton's National Action Network on September 5 and October 1. 

And on October 20, Sharpton's went on to praise Harris' 'extraordinary historic campaign' in a gushing interview, and branded Donald Trump 'hostile and erratic.' 

MSNBC has stayed silent over the payment.