MSNBC host Al Sharpton's latest controversy adds to his decades-long history of scandals.

Rev. Al Sharpton has faced controversy again with the revelation of a "pay to play" scheme, adding to the long line of scandals that have followed him.

MSNBC confessed that it was unaware that Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign paid $500,000 to Sharpton's National Action Network nonprofit before a friendly Oct. 20 interview with the Democratic nominee just weeks before the election.

After losing to President-elect Donald Trump, the Harris campaign made two $250,000 donations to Sharpton's nonprofit organization in September and October. However, Sharpton did not disclose the apparent conflict of interest to viewers before or after the interview, nor did he disclose the donations to his bosses at MSNBC, according to the Washington Free Beacon.

The six-figure transaction between Sharpton's group and the Harris campaign is considered a "bridge too far" among his MSNBC colleagues, despite his open support for Harris and the Democratic Party, as evidenced by his speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Over the years, Sharpton has been embroiled in several scandals, including the latest one involving a conflict of interest, which remains uncertain whether he will face any consequences for.

Tax troubles

In 1993, Sharpton admitted to not filing his 1986 tax return and was given a guilty plea, which resulted in two felony charges being dropped.

In 2008, it was disclosed that Sharpton had a significant tax debt of approximately $1.5 million.

The New York Times reported on some of his financial difficulties, including being acquitted of felony charges in 1990 for stealing $250,000 from a youth group, pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge in 1993 for not filing a state income tax return, and having his for-profit business, Raw Talent, being busted for not paying taxes for several years.

In 2014, The New York Times reported that more than $4.5 million in current state and federal tax liens were against him and his for-profit businesses, based on records reviewed.

Promoting the Tawana Brawley rape hoax

Although he had a notable career at MSNBC, Sharpton is most recognized for supporting the notorious Tawana Brawley rape hoaxer.

In 1987, a 15-year-old Black girl named Brawley claimed that she was kidnapped and raped by a group of White men while she was missing from her New York home for four days. She was found covered in feces and racial slurs written across her body.

Her most vocal defender, Sharpton, was among her closest advisers and contributed to racial tensions across the country. In the end, a grand jury determined that her claims were unfounded.

Years later, Sharpton's supporters paid the $65,000 damages awarded to the individual Brawley accused, even though Sharpton himself had been sued for defamation.

To this day, Sharpton has no regrets for defending Brawley.

"In a January 2023 interview, Sharpton stated that he had no evidence to suggest that he was misled and that the allegation made by the young lady was questionable behavior."

History of antisemitism

The prominent activist has a disturbing record of antisemitism over the years.

In 1991, Sharpton defended New York City College Professor Leonard Jeffries, who caused outrage with his speech accusing "rich Jews" of financing the slave trade and controlling Hollywood. In response to the controversy, Sharpton said, "If the Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house."

In the same year, a deadly antisemitic mob was incited by Sharpton in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, following a horrific accident where a Jewish man accidentally ran over a 7-year-old Black boy with his car.

At the boy's funeral, Sharpton stated that the world would claim the death was an accident. He argued that it was a social accident resulting from the presence of an apartheid ambulance service in Crown Heights. Sharpton then mentioned Oppenheimer in South Africa and the diamond merchants in Crown Heights, implying that Jewish jewelers were involved. He also led protests with chants such as "Kill the Jews!" and "No Justice, No Peace!"

A Black teen fatally stabbed rabbinical scholar Yankel Rosenbaum during the riots.

After investigating the incident and finding no charges, Sharpton traveled to Israel to hunt down the Jewish man. According to the New York Daily News, a woman at the airport told Sharpton to "Go to hell," to which he responded, "I am in hell already. I am in Israel."

In 1995, Sharpton labeled a Jewish store owner in Harlem as a "White interloper" after the store owner raised the rent of its Black subtenant following a rent increase for the store owner by the building's owner, a Black Pentecostal church. As a result, Sharpton and his National Action Network organized protests that lasted for weeks, culminating in a shooting that resulted in the deaths of seven people and the burning of the Jewish store owner's business to the ground.