Will Kamala Harris be held personally responsible for her campaign's $39 million debt, according to a federal bankruptcy court? No, that's not true: The story originated from a network of self-described satire websites that place multiple disclaimers on their content saying that nothing they publish is real. Lead Stories did not find any matching reports from established media outlets.
The claim appeared in a post (archived here) by the @AmericasLastLineOfDefense account on Facebook on Sept. 19, 2026. It read:
Kamala Harris will be held personally responsible for the $39 million her campaign accrued in debt, according to a federal bankruptcy court.
Harris attempted to liquidate her campaign and ride off into the sunset as the country's biggest loser, but the court decided that she incurred the debt by illegally paying celebrities for endorsements, meaning those debts can't be discharged.
The decision comes as a severe blow to the former Vice President, whose portfolio would be wiped out with the ruling.
She plans to appeal. It won't go well.
This is what the post looked like on Facebook at the time of writing:
(Image source: post by @AmericasLastLineOfDefense on Facebook.)
The Facebook account @AmericasLastLineOfDefense is part of the "America's Last Line of Defense" (archived here) network of satire websites run by self-described liberal troll Christopher Blair from Maine along with a loose confederation of friends and allies. He runs several websites and Facebook pages with visible satire disclaimers everywhere. They mostly publish made-up stories with headlines specifically created to trigger Republicans, conservatives and evangelical Christians into angrily sharing or commenting on the story on Facebook without actually reading the full article, exposing them to mockery and ridicule by fans of the sites and pages.
Every site in the network has an about page that reads (in part):
Nothing on this page is real.
The @AmericasLastLineOfDefense (archived here) bio on Facebook clearly states "nothing on this page is real." This is a screenshot of the account at the time of writing:
(Image source: @AmericasLastLineOfDefense account on Facebook.)
The image used in the post has a tag that reads, "NOTHING ON THIS PAGE IS REAL." This is a screenshot of the post on Facebook (red circle added by Lead Stories):
(Image source: post by @AmericasLastLineOfDefense on Facebook.)
Social media users were posting the claim along with the same picture of Harris but without the "NOTHING ON THIS PAGE IS REAL" logo on the image. One example is a post by @mcafeenew (archived here) on X without any mention of the claim originating on a satire site.
🚨KAMALA HARRIS WILL BE HELD PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE $39 MILLION HER CAMPAIGN ACCRUED IN DEBT, ACCORDING TO A FEDERAL BANKRUPTCY COURT!
-- John McAfee 🇺🇸 News (@mcafeenew) September 23, 2026
🔗 https://t.co/uBn33DgTdj
Harris attempted to liquidate her campaign and ride off into the sunset as the country's biggest loser, but... pic.twitter.com/ZOT0wagFzp
Had a bankruptcy court found that Harris was personally responsible for her campaign's $39 million debt, it would have been covered by major news outlets. A search by Lead Stories of Google News (archived here) and Yahoo News (archived here) did not return any matching results.
Lead Stories previously fact checked stories about Harris's campaign illegally paying celebrities to attend her rallies here.
