Kamala Harris poised for massive $20M book deal after her campaign burned through record $1.5B
WASHINGTON, DC: Kamala Harris might be stepping out of the White House soon, but she's doing it with a bang and a serious payday to match.
The soon-to-be former vice president, who burned through a record $1.5 billion during her ill-fated presidential campaign, which lasted for approximately 15 weeks, is reportedly on the brink of securing a publishing jackpot.
Kamala Harris may score a $20 million advance for a tell-all book about Joe Biden's White House
Publishers are offering big bucks for Kamala Harris to pen what could be the ultimate tell-all about the Joe Biden White House. A source close to her revealed that offers started rolling in almost immediately after her loss to Donald Trump in the election, as reported by the Daily Mail.
The insider shared, "Virtually the moment Kamala lost to Trump, the offers began pouring in from the publishing world for her to do the definitive book on what really went on between Joe and Kamala – what went right and what went wrong – inside the Oval Office walls, and all the ups and downs of her campaign."
"They are throwing around advance numbers in the $20 million range, maybe more with other publishing rights," they added.
To put that in perspective, Barack and Michelle Obama scored a combined $65 million advance for their memoirs, and Bill Clinton snagged $10 million for his. For Harris, it’s not just about the book—a Netflix-style streaming deal or serialized magazine rights could push her payday even higher.
So, why the massive interest in a Harris memoir? One publishing executive put it plainly: "More than anyone in the Biden White House, Kamala as the number two, and then as Joe Biden's campaign successor after he dropped out of the race, knows all the secrets, knows where all the skeletons are buried."
"She was there from the beginning of the administration and participated in all the presidential decisions, right or wrong. She's the one who can tell the consummate story," they explained.
The executive further said, "It could be even more with TV and movie rights, magazine and newspaper serial rights - and like the Obamas who made a huge deal with Netflix, the monster streaming service is said to be waiting in the wings to do a deal with Kamala, we've heard."
"As we see it, her book would be the hottest White House and presidential campaign tell-all ever and would sell like hotcakes to readers on both sides of the political aisle," the source noted.
Some published political power players are reportedly "quietly advising Kamala to get the jump on any memoir Joe Biden might be planning so she can get her side out in the public first of what really went on," per a well-placed White House operative who spoke to the Daily Mail.
Kamala Harris will have to come clean and give Americans the truth
If Kamala Harris signs the dotted line, the pressure to deliver a no-holds-barred memoir will be intense. According to a top literary agent from Washington, DC, publishers expect her to "tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth."
"Kamala needs to forget all the campaign bulls**t that was spewed on her side, and honestly tell everything about the true nature of her relationship with Biden, and what role, if any, she played in forcing him to drop out of the race," the agent told the Daily Mail.
They continued: "She has to be honest about what went on between her and Biden regarding the controversial withdrawal from Afghanistan and was she aware that he was lying to the American public and the mainstream media when he said numerous times he wouldn't pardon his son, Hunter, and then shockingly did so."
"She has to be straightforward about her role as 'border czar,' and why she seemingly ignored a job that permitted millions of illegal aliens - including criminals - to enter the country – at least that's how the public and the conservative media perceived it," the agent explained.
"And both the public, her party, and members of congress would like her to explain where exactly all the cash from her cash-rich 15-week campaign went in the search for voters – spending about $100million per week, with expenditures for celebrity concerts, appearances, and a ritzy and controversial Oprah town hall," they asserted.
Readers can also expect an inside scoop on why she chose Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate despite his inaccurate past statements, particularly regarding his military record.
"And most importantly, she needs to explain who were the real puppet masters during the past four years of the Biden-Harris administration – who was really making the important decisions. Was it the far Left, and why, and she'd be expected to name names," the insider revealed.
They also stated, "She has to come clean about those issues and much more, in order to make a tell-all credible and believable to the publisher, the editor, and the American reading public who would be convinced to buy her book. They'll all expect the truth!"
This wouldn’t be Harriss first foray into publishing. Her 2019 memoir, 'The Truths We Hold', barely touched on Biden, mentioning him only in passing.
Her earlier book, 'Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer', co-authored with ghostwriter Joan O'C Hamilton in 2009, was dogged by accusations of plagiarism during her latest run for the White House.
