FBI Caught Trump’s Immigration Chief Accepting $50,000 Bribe, But Justice Dept. Closed Case –Report
FBI Caught Trump’s Immigration Chief Accepting $50,000 Bribe, But Justice Dept. Closed Case –Report
The sources said Homan took the cash, delivered in a bag from the restaurant chain Cava, in exchange for promises of immigration-related government contracts once he returned to the Trump administration, according to Reuters.
Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s border czar, allegedly accepted a $50,000 cash bribe from an undercover FBI agent during a sting operation last year in a U.S. Justice Department probe that has since been shut down, two sources familiar with the matter reportedly said.
The sources said Homan took the cash, delivered in a bag from the restaurant chain Cava, in exchange for promises of immigration-related government contracts once he returned to the Trump administration, according to Reuters.
The sting, they said, was part of a larger investigation that began in August 2024 near the end of President Joe Biden’s administration.
The probe stemmed from a separate national security case in which the target repeatedly mentioned Homan, claiming he was collecting bribes for future contracts.
The FBI subsequently set up an undercover operation that caught Homan on tape taking the $50,000, the sources said.
Despite the recording, FBI Director Kash Patel ordered the investigation closed over the summer.
“This matter originated under the previous administration and was subjected to a full review by FBI agents and Justice Department prosecutors. They found no credible evidence of any criminal wrongdoing,” Patel and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a joint statement.
“The Department’s resources must remain focused on real threats to the American people, not baseless investigations. As a result, the investigation has been closed,” the statement added.
A grand jury in the Western District of Texas had begun examining the case when Trump returned to the White House in January, the sources said.
Emil Bove, then acting deputy attorney general and now a federal judge, was briefed in February and reportedly criticized the inquiry, calling it a “deep state” operation.
Patel and Blanche also described the matter as a “blatantly political investigation” and “yet another example of how the Biden Department of Justice was using its resources to target President Trump’s allies.”
Homan, who was a senior official at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under President Barack Obama and acting director under Trump’s first term, could not be reached for comment.
During Trump’s years out of office, he ran a consulting business helping companies secure immigration-related government contracts.
One of the sources said Homan told the undercover agent he would place the bribe money in a trust until after completing his service in the Trump administration.
The White House defended Homan, with deputy press secretary Abigail Jackson saying in a statement, “He is a career law enforcement officer and lifelong public servant who is doing a phenomenal job on behalf of President Trump and the country.”
Homan currently oversees the administration’s mass deportation campaign but, according to the White House, has not been involved in awarding any contracts.
The Justice Department has, in recent months, dismantled much of its corruption-prosecution unit, which had played a role in the Homan probe.
Around the same period, Bove separately ordered corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams to be dropped, prompting several career prosecutors to resign.
MSNBC first reported the existence of the Homan sting.
