Born and raised in the East Bay, Kamala is the daughter of Dr. Shyamala Gopalan, a Tamilian breast cancer specialist who traveled to the United States from Chennai, India to pursue her graduate studies at UC Berkeley. After attending public schools, Kamala's strong commitment to justice and public service led her to Howard University, America’s oldest historically black …
Marc Elias, Democratic voting rights lawyer, general counsel for Kamala Harris 2020 presidential campaign; Maya Harris, lawyer, public policy advocate, and television commentator; Harris's sister (later endorsed Joe Biden) Jim Margolis, political consultant, partner at GMMB, Inc.
Harris, 54, has broken many barriers in her career, becoming the first African-American and woman to serve as California’s attorney general. And …
49th and current vice president of the United States. Fox News correspondent Kristin Fisher reports on the potential strengths and weaknesses of having Kamala Harris on the democratic ticket. Our goal is to create a safe and engaging place for users to connect over interests and passions. In order to improve our community experience, we are ...
Aug 14, 2020 · The videos led to a large public outcry and a string of congressional and state inquiries into the embattled abortion provider followed, many of which are rumbling on to the present day.California’s attorney general at the time happened to be the now-Democratic vice presidential nominee, Kamala Harris. Her behavior in response to this case ...
t. e. This is a list of notable individuals and organizations who voiced their endorsement of Kamala Harris 's campaign for the Democratic Party's nomination for the 2020 U.S. presidential election before she dropped out of the race on December 3, 2019.
Malia Cohen, Member of the California Board of Equalization since 2019; President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (2018–2019); Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from District 10 (2011–2019)
Harris said she chose her career because she wanted to be “at the table where the decisions are made.”.
Kamala Harris ’ rise to political power started in California, where she served as a district attorney and attorney general for the state. And it has culminated in a 2020 presidential run.
Notably, Harris declined to charge Steven Mnuchin, now President Trump ’s treasury secretary, for allegedly violating state foreclosure laws when he ran OneWest bank. Under his leadership, the bank foreclosed on more than 36,000 homes, according to The Hill.
Out of the $25 billion deal she helped negotiate with other state attorney generals, California homeowners received nearly $20 billion in mortgage relief and assistance for people who had their homes foreclosed from Wells Fargo, Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase, according to her office.
She went after website Backpage.com. As attorney general, Harris was a fierce opponent of the advertising website Backpage, which has been widely accused of knowingly aiding human traffickers. It was seized by the FBI in April 2018. She filed multiple charges against the site’s CEO and shareholders, including money laundering, ...
Harris won a $1.1 billion judgment against the controversial for-profit Corinthian Colleges in 2016. Harris accused the company, which shuttered in 2015, of predatory advertising practices and having “profited off the backs of poor people.”
Matt Smith, a writer for SF Weekly, derided Harris for refusing to turn over files related to clergy abuse within the San Francisco Archdiocese in 2010. At the time, Harris was campaigning to become attorney general.
The new Democratic vice presidential nominee is accused of using justice as a political weapon
First, she declined to investigate any potential illegal activity on the part of Planned Parenthood, instead choosing to throw the book at those behind the sting. The Center for Medical Progress and its founder, David Daleiden, were soon at the center of a criminal investigation ordered by Harris, which included a raid on Daleiden’s home — seizing his camera equipment and hard drives.
While progressives probably won’t be too concerned by Harris’s overt hostility against a group that opposes abortion, they might be less enthusiastic about Harris’s refusal to investigate police shootings in San Francisco after the Michael Brown killing in Ferguson, for instance.
Things took a more serious turn in May of this year when David Daleiden and the Center for Medical Progress filed a complaint in Federal Court, arguing that Harris and others had violated the US Constitution by selectively using California’s laws as a political weapon to silence their speech. Among other uncomfortable revelations, the complaint alleges that Harris secretly met Planned Parenthood representatives in person just prior to the raid on Daleiden’s home.
UNDERCOVER JOURNALIST SUING KAMALA HARRIS FOR CONSPIRING TO VIOLATE HIS CIVIL RIGHTS THROUGH PROSECUTION
As attorney general, Harris took the unprecedented step of charging Daleiden with violating a state eavesdropping law. Part of the investigation entailed seizing a variety of materials from Daleiden's apartment — including then-unreleased undercover video footage of Planned Parenthood.
Vice President Harris’ office did not respond to Fox News' repeated requests for comment.
Notably, the civil suit did not charge Daleiden with defamation. That same case also featured PP officials’ testimony that appeared to complicate the organization’s claims that Daleiden obscured the truth about their abortion practices.