Kamala Harris' campaign reportedly paid half a million dollars to Al Sharpton's nonprofit shortly before she took part in a friendly interview with the civil rights activist and MSNBC host — but a network spokesman said they were unaware of the payment.

MSNBC executives said the network was “unaware” that Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign gave $500,000 to a nonprofit organization owned by the Rev. Al Sharpton, one of the network’s hosts, when he interviewed her before the election.