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DemocratSinceBirth

(101,284 posts)
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 06:32 PM Saturday

****BREAKING****Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash

Tom Homan, who was later named President Trump’s border czar, was recorded in September 2024 accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash in an undercover F.B.I. investigation, according to people familiar with the case, which was later shut down by Trump administration officials.

The cash payment, which was made inside a bag from the food chain Cava, grew out of a long-running counterintelligence investigation that had not been targeting Mr. Homan, according to the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the case.

Mr. Homan’s encounter with the undercover agents, recorded on audiotape, led him to be investigated for potential bribery and other crimes, after he apparently took the money and agreed to help the agents — who were posing as businessmen — secure future government contracts related to border security, the people said.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/us/politics/tom-homan-fbi-trump.html

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****BREAKING****Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Saturday OP
So this supports the exclusive reporting by Carol Leonnig and Ken Dilanian (MSNBC) senseandsensibility Saturday #1
What bribes is he accepting now? Irish_Dem Saturday #2
Yep. dalton99a Saturday #3
+1 Ars Longa Saturday #4
Cava - is that some sort of terrorist antifa restaurant? newdeal2 Saturday #5
Have to wonder if this was a job requirement. malaise Saturday #6
Let,'s see where Kash and Bondi take this. kacekwl Saturday #7
Governor Newsom is having fun with this LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #8

senseandsensibility

(23,928 posts)
1. So this supports the exclusive reporting by Carol Leonnig and Ken Dilanian (MSNBC)
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 06:38 PM
Saturday

Carol works for MSNBC exclusively now, and I saw her just now being interviewed. I went to nbc.com and the story was not there. Now more outlets are going to pick it up because the NYT confirmed. Still, she was the first, along with Dilanian.

malaise

(289,346 posts)
6. Have to wonder if this was a job requirement.
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 06:59 PM
Saturday

He should have resigned already - this is madness

LetMyPeopleVote

(170,114 posts)
8. Governor Newsom is having fun with this
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 07:53 PM
Sunday


KIND DONALD THE TURD NEEDED A CZAR WHO'D COMMIT ANY CRIMES FOR HIM, SO HE PICKED TOM "THE SCUM" HOMAN. TOMMY WAS IN TROUBLE SO DONNY MADE IT GO AWAY. THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON COMMITTING CRIMES AT THE BORDER: THE BORDER CZAR. LET'S DEPORT THE DEPORTER.
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