Kansas senator demands ABC turn over communications with Harris regarding presidential debate

Republican Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall on Wednesday demanded that ABC turns over all communications with Vice President Kamala Harris and her staff regarding the last presidential debate. 

Critics have speculated that the news network colluded with the campaign ahead of last week's debate, and that ABC displayed a clear bias in favor of the vice president, over former President Donald Trump.

Marshall claimed in a letter to the network's president and Harris's campaign manager that debate moderators Linsey Davis and David Muir were part of a "three-on-one" event targeting Trump.

"On debate night, it became abundantly clear that ABC News and its respective moderators had a biased agenda," Marshall wrote. "Recent reporting has suggested the possibility that the Harris campaign may have inappropriately influenced the proceedings to benefit Vice President Harris and undermine President Trump ... If these and other allegations are true, the impartiality of the mainstream media will continue to be questioned by the American people."

The letter cited polling that showed public distrust in the media, and reports of a possible leak to the vice president's campaign. Marshall then requested the network and campaign release any texts and emails about the debate in order to quell those fears.

"The American people deserve transparency and accountability from the mainstream media and a full accounting of whether ABC News coordinated with the Harris campaign to skew the debate’s questions and fact-checking in favor of the Vice President," the senator wrote.

The letter requests a response by Sept. 27.

You can read the full letter here:

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.