Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents

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Sept. 20, 2025, 3:45 PM EDT

By Carol Leonnig and Ken Dilanian
In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration, according to multiple people familiar with the probe and internal documents reviewed by MSNBC.

The FBI and the Justice Department planned to wait to see whether Homan would deliver on his alleged promise once he became the nation’s top immigration official. But the case indefinitely stalled soon after Donald Trump became president again in January, according to six sources familiar with the matter. In recent weeks, Trump appointees officially closed the investigation, after FBI Director Kash Patel requested a status update on the case, two of the people said.

It’s unclear what reasons FBI and Justice Department officials gave for shutting down the investigation. But a Trump Justice Department appointee called the case a “deep state” probe in early 2025 and no further investigative steps were taken, the sources say ...

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/tom-homan-cash-contracts-trump-doj-investigation-rcna232568

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1. Border czar Homan reportedly accepted $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents

Maya Yang and Robert Mackey
Sat 20 Sep 2025 19.50 EDT

The FBI reportedly recorded Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan accepting $50,000 in cash from undercover agents who were posing as business contractors last year.

A new report from MSNBC on Saturday reveals that the agents recorded Homan, six weeks before the 2024 election, allegedly promising to assist in securing government contracts across the border security industry during Trump’s second term.

Six sources familiar with the matter told MSNBC that the FBI and justice department – then run by Joe Biden’s administration – had intended to hold off and assess whether Homan would follow through on his alleged promises after he was appointed as Trump’s border czar. However, the investigation stalled after Trump took office, and in recent weeks, officials appointed by Trump decided to close the case, according to MSNBC ...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/20/tom-homan-undercover-fbi-agents

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2. Crooked idiot

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3. rump's DOJ shut down investigation into Tom Homan

The Trump administration shut down an investigation into White House border czar Tom Homan after he allegedly accepted $50,000 from undercover FBI agents in exchange for offering help to secure future government contracts, according to a bombshell report.

Homan was allegedly the target of an undercover sting in September last year, where he was caught on hidden cameras in an unspecified Texas location accepting $50,000 in cash, MSNBC reports, citing internal documents it had obtained and six sources familiar with the probe.

Some FBI and Justice Department officials believed they had a case against Homan for conspiracy to commit bribery because of the recording of him accepting cash and the apparent promise to help with contracts, MSNBC reports, citing four sources familiar with the investigation. Prosecutors were considering four potential charges against Homan: bribery, conspiracy and two types of fraud, according to a document seen by MSNBC ...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/tom-homan-border-czar-bribery-investigation-b2830605.html

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4. Lock up this obvious criminal lout. What a specimen of humanity this one is. Pathetic. Who's illegal now asshole

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5. 'Tom Homan needs to be fired immediately'

MSNBC
Sep 20, 2025

Democratic Congressman Robert Garcia reacts to new reporting by MSNBC that shows the Department of Justice shut down an investigation into Tom Homan accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Rep. Garcia also discussed the House Oversight Committee's closed-door interview with Alex Acosta and their investigation into ABC and the FCC.

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6. rump Border Czar Took $50K Bribe--in CASH!

The Bulwark
Sep 20, 2025

Trump’s border czar Tom Homan was reportedly caught on hidden camera accepting $50,000 in cash during an FBI sting — and Trump’s DOJ shut the whole thing down. Tim Miller and Sarah Longwell take on the brazen corruption, the cover-up, and MAGA-world's defense of the indefensible.

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7. Wouldn't it be great if the tape was leaked? or forced to be released?

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8. "wait to see whether Homan would deliver on his alleged promise"

Um........... WHY????????? Once he accepts the bribe he's already committed a crime.

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9. Governor Newsom is having fun with this

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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.