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Kamala Harris embellished her prosecutorial record when vying for DA, broke campaign finance rules
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0:56Now PlayingDuring Kamala Harris’ first-ever run for a major office back in 2003, the future vice president was mired in controversy for inflating her prosecutorial record and separately ran afoul of campaign finance rules.
At the time, Harris was vying to be San Francisco district attorney general, and she was eager to fashion herself as a “veteran” prosecutor with “thirteen years of courtroom experience” who could overhaul the DA.
“Kamala has tried hundreds of serious and violent felonies, including homicide, rape, and child sexual assault cases,” a mailer put out by her campaign claimed at the time.
However, she didn’t actually prosecute hundreds of those cases by that point in time, as she was later forced to admit in a debate.
“How many cases have you tried? Can you tell us how many serious felonies you have tried? Can you tell us one?” one of her rivals at the time, criminal defense attorney Bill Fazio, grilled her during a KGO Radio radio debate in 2003.
Harris shot back, “I’ve tried about 50 cases, Mr. Fazio, and it’s about leadership.”
“Ms. Harris, why does your information, which is still published, say that you tried hundreds of serious felonies? I think that’s misleading. I think that’s disingenuous. I think that shows that you are incapable of leadership and you’re not to be trusted,” Fazio then asked.
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