Border czar Tom Homan appeared on Laura Ingraham’s show last night to discuss reports he accepted a bag with $50,000 in cash — but said only that he “did nothing criminal, nothing illegal,” while blaming MSNBC for a “hit piece.”
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Democrats want answers…
House and Senate Democrats have opened separate investigations into the Trump administration’s decision to close a criminal F.B.I. inquiry into Tom Homan, Mr. Trump’s border czar, that began after he was recorded last year accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash.
Mr. Homan’s encounter with undercover F.B.I. agents in September 2024 was recorded on audiotape and led him to be investigated for potential bribery and other crimes. On the tape, he agreed to help the agents, who were posing as businessmen, get government contracts related to border security, according to people familiar with the case.
Senior officials expressed skepticism about the case as early as February, and the Justice Department closed the investigation this year.
In a letter on Monday, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee demanded that Attorney General Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, provide “all recordings from Mr. Homan’s meeting,” all of their investigative material and any communications between the White House and their agencies over the case….
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Did this guy claim the money on his IRS 1040 and state income tax forms?
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Tom Homan Was Said to Have Received $50,000 From Agents. He May Not Have to Return It.
Public corruption experts said the Justice Department had options for recovering money used in a sting operation. But that may not happen for years.
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How long will the statue of limitation be for this?
Border czar Tom Homan rejected reports that he took a $50,000 bribe from federal agents, his most forceful denial yet of his alleged involvement in an FBI corruption investigation.
“I didn’t take $50,000 from anybody,” Homan said in a Wednesday night appearance on NewsNation’s “Cuomo” town hall.
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In a Sunday interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, Vice President JD Vance declined to say whether Homan accepted and kept the $50,000 payment but insisted that the border czar “did not take a bribe.”
Attorney General Pam Bondi also declined to say whether or not Homan accepted the alleged bribe during a confrontational congressional hearing, maintaining that the investigation was resolved before she was confirmed as attorney general….
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This guy REALLY should NOT be getting a Federal check every two weeks….