U.S. President Donald Trump, in his social network Truth Social, called for Beyoncé to be criminally prosecuted over an alleged fake payment. He claims the singer supposedly received 11 million dollars for taking part in a campaign event for Kamala Harris in Houston in October 2024. However, there is no evidence confirming this amount.

Federal records show that Harris’s campaign transferred only 165,000 dollars to a production company associated with Beyoncé. According to the law, candidates are not allowed to pay celebrities for political endorsements, but they may reimburse expenses for participating in events.

In addition to Beyoncé, Trump believes others should also be held accountable — including Harris herself, as well as TV personalities Oprah Winfrey and Al Sharpton.

«They likely — and illegally — paid 11 million dollars to the singer Beyoncé for her support (she didn’t even sing a single note and left the stage to boos and an angry audience!), three million dollars for ‘expenses’ to Oprah, six hundred thousand dollars to the very low-rated TV host Al Sharpton (very foolish!), and others who did absolutely nothing! These ridiculous fees were wrongly recorded in the books and records. You are not allowed to pay for support. It is totally illegal,» Trump wrote.

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The American magazine Time has announced a shortlist of 10 contenders for the title of 2024 Person of the Year.

«Since 1927, Time has selected a person, group, or concept that has had the greatest influence on the world over the past 12 months. This morning, the NBC Today show revealed the ten candidates vying for the title of Time’s Person of the Year», the announcement reads.

The list includes U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, current Vice President Kamala Harris, billionaire Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, podcaster Joe Rogan, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, and the Princess of Wales.

Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, previously appeared on the Time 100 Most Influential People list in 2013 and was a finalist for Person of the Year in 2011. The magazine notes that Middleton «sparked a wave of conversations about the privacy and well-being of public figures».

It is worth recalling that last year’s Time Person of the Year was pop star Taylor Swift. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the «Spirit of Ukraine» were honored in 2022, while billionaire Elon Musk held the title in 2021.

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