An MSNBC investigation reports that the FBI recorded White House Border Czar Tom Homan accepting $50,000 in an undercover sting operation, but the probe was indefinitely stalled and later shut down by Trump appointees at the Justice Department after he became president again.
EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump’s DOJ shut it down.https://t.co/r07F6vCrYd
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A federal investigation into White House border czar Tom Homan has been closed by Trump administration appointees, despite an FBI undercover operation that recorded him accepting $50,000 in cash, according to an exclusive report by MSNBC. The probe, which began last year, was centered on allegations that Homan offered to help undercover agents posing as business executives win government contracts in a second Trump administration in exchange for payment.
The investigation, launched in the summer of 2024, came after a tip that Homan was soliciting payments for future contracts. On September 20, 2024, according to an internal case summary and sources, Homan was captured on hidden camera accepting $50,000 in cash during a meeting in Texas. According to MSNBC, the FBI and Justice Department initially planned to monitor Homan to see if he would fulfill his promise once he became the nation’s top immigration official. However, the case reportedly stalled after Donald Trump was re-elected in January, and was officially closed recently at the request of FBI Director Kash Patel.
White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson dismissed the probe, calling it a “blatantly political investigation” that found “no evidence of illegal activity.” The statement added that the Justice Department’s resources “must remain focused on real threats to the American people, not baseless investigations.”
Homan, who served as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during Trump’s first term, did not respond to requests for comment.