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Worried G-men might not be alone in lawyering up as the president-elect called out lucrative celebrity endorsements of the vice president by name.

“Totally against the law, and I have heard there are many others!!!”

President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory brought with it a number of expectations from supporters that included putting an end to the weaponization of government and holding any who may have been guilty of such actions accountable.

Having expanded accountability efforts to alleged wrongdoing from corporate media, the GOP leader also suggested Vice President Kamala Harris supporters like Oprah Winfrey and Beyoncé could be in trouble for payments received from the campaign.

Writing on Truth Social Saturday, Trump asked, “Are the Democrats allowed to pay $11,000,000, $2,000,000, and $500,000 to get the ENDORSEMENT of Beyoncé, Oprah, and Reverend Al?”

“I don’t think so!” he asserted as he continued, “Beyoncé didn’t sing, Oprah didn’t do much of anything (she called it ‘expenses’), and Al is just a third rate Con Man. So what is going on here??? Totally against the law, and I have heard there are many others!!!”

Following the election, word that Harris’ over $1 billion campaign had reportedly ended $20 million in debt had drawn attention to the exorbitant spending, prompting questions about whether everything was above board.

In the case of MSNBC’s Reverend Al Sharpton, the network had claimed it was “unaware” that the vice president’s campaign had transmitted two payments of $250,000 to his National Action Network before sitting down to tape an interview, an alleged payola that briefly had a black church coalition calling for Sharpton’s suspension before recanting their position upon word of an “existing contract” regarding get out the vote efforts.

Meanwhile, as Beyoncé had left supporters disappointed at a Houston, Texas rally when she delivered a speech without a show after drawing a crowd for Harris, media mogul Oprah Winfrey had denied reports that her Harpo Productions had received $1 million from the campaign.

As it happened, the billionaire had brought in $2.5 million that was said to have been for the production of a September town hall featuring the vice president.

“My time and energy was my way of supporting the campaign. For the live-streaming event in September,” Winfrey explained, “my production company Harpo was asked to bring in set design, lights, cameras, microphones, crew, producers, and every other item necessary (including the benches and chairs we sat on) to put on a live production.”

“I did not take any personal fee,” she stated. “However the people who worked on that production needed to be paid. And were. End of story.”

Following the election, and bolstered by a $15 million settlement with ABC regarding a defamation suit brought because of George Stephanopoulos’ repeated claim that Trump had been “found liable of rape,” the president-elect had not been shy about alleging election interference.

Additional lawsuits had been brought that included one against The Des Moines Register over the publication of a poll from Ann Selzer in the final weekend before the election that suggested Trump would lose Iowa by several points when he would go on to victory there by double digits.

Another seeking $10 billion was brought against CBS News’ “60 Minutes” for the manner in which the program had edited its interview with Harris, allegedly to her benefit.

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