Rev. Al Sharpton responded to President Donald Trump's accusations against him on Monday, telling MSNBC that he was not paid to endorse former Vice President Kamala Harris, as the president alleged in a post on social media.
"Morning Joe" host Jonathon Lemire asked Sharpton to respond to Trump's claim that he was paid to endorse Harris.
"Well, absolutely not. And as the FEC filings say, they helped – the campaign gave funds for get-out-the-vote campaigns for National Action Network, of which I’m a part of, and other civil rights groups, some of which got more than National Action Network did. National Action Network, nor I, even endorsed her," Sharpton said.
"What is interesting about this, though, is that, the fact that this is the, as you accurately reported, second or third time, lawyers for National Action Network's looking at can we sue him for defamation because he had knowledge this time that there was no endorsement and that I didn’t get any money. This went to the nonprofit that I’m connected to," he continued.