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Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign, with backing from former President Obama, spent a staggering $20 million on concerts—a move that has now left the campaign at risk of lawsuits from unpaid staff and vendors.

Just before her defeat to Donald Trump, Harris organized a series of high-profile concerts on Election Eve, in a desperate attempt to boost voter turnout. Instead, the extravagant spending has pushed the campaign into debt, leaving many who worked on the events unpaid and considering legal action to recover their compensation.

Sources within the campaign told The Post that the concerts drained their financial resources entirely. To cut costs, the campaign even canceled a planned performance by ’90s icon Alanis Morissette, but it wasn’t enough to prevent a financial collapse. With major artists like Bon Jovi in Detroit, Christina Aguilera in Las Vegas, Katy Perry in Pittsburgh, and Lady Gaga in Philadelphia, production costs soared. Rapper 2Chainz also joined Harris for a concert in Atlanta just days before Election Day, adding to the mounting expenses.

The idea for the concerts came from Stephanie Cutter, a former Obama campaign veteran, and was supported by David Plouffe, another Obama alum. Campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon hesitated for weeks before approving the concerts—ultimately increasing production costs by delaying bookings.

Operations chief Dana Rosenzweig has been criticized for not raising concerns about the budget earlier, although insiders argue that responsibility also lay with the finance team. One campaign insider remarked, “They said they were ‘spending to zero.’ Now, they’re far beyond zero, and everyone’s left scrambling.”

The lavish spending has left campaign staff and vendors in a precarious position. One insider, speaking anonymously, told The Post, “They had massive advance teams for these concerts, sometimes 40-60 people per city.” With concert expenses overwhelming the budget, many staff members and vendors have yet to be paid, raising the possibility of lawsuits. “If they don’t get paid soon, I wouldn’t be surprised if legal action is taken,” the source added.

In the final week leading up to Election Day, campaign leaders realized that most of their $1 billion budget had already been spent. Efforts to reduce concert expenses—initially estimated between $15 million and $20 million—came too late to avoid overruns. “They knew the financial crunch was coming, but by then, it was too late,” said a campaign source.

The finance team is currently working on filing the campaign’s balance sheet, but the prospect of lawsuits looms large. Many within the campaign have criticized the concerts as an irresponsible use of funds that could have been better spent elsewhere. “We should have focused on ads addressing economic policy,” one insider said, “especially with voters already struggling with inflation.”

The source added, “Having celebrities speak to near-empty crowds didn’t help—75 million people had already voted, and the rest were more worried about their finances than hearing Oprah talk about America’s future.”

According to Politico, despite raising significant amounts during the 107-day campaign, Harris’s campaign ended up at least $20 million in debt. With many vendors and staff still awaiting payment, the threat of lawsuits is becoming increasingly real as donation pages remain active, seeking funds to cover the shortfall.