Trump aide Homan accepted $50,000 in bribery sting operation, sources say
WASHINGTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's border czar Tom Homan accepted a $50,000 bag of cash from an undercover FBI agent last year in a since-closed U.S. Justice Department bribery investigation, two sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
In the alleged scheme, Homan promised immigration-related government contracts when he joined the Trump administration in exchange for the money, the sources said, speaking anonymously to discuss nonpublic investigations
FBI Director Kash Patel ordered the investigation closed over the summer, one of the sources said. Homan could not be reached for comment. “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 statement on Sunday.
"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 probe into Homan started around August 2024 near the end of President Joe Biden's administration and stemmed from a separate national security investigation, one of the sources told Reuters.
| by Anonymous | reply 45 | September 28, 2025 9:24 PM
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It’s great to be a Trump bootlicker today, not so great for everyone else.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | September 21, 2025 7:07 PM
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Case closed by Kash and Pam.
smells like fascism
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | September 21, 2025 7:08 PM
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A lot of people carry 50,000 bucks around in a bag
Move along, folks, nothing to see here!
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | September 21, 2025 7:22 PM
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The blatant corruption that would doom any other president is almost an afterthought when it comes to the transgressions emanating from this White House.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | September 21, 2025 7:27 PM
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Kash and Pam premeiring on CBS this fall after NCIS Cleveland.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | September 21, 2025 7:28 PM
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Will it be up against mar-a-lago spa SVU?
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | September 21, 2025 7:37 PM
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No credible evidence? Presumably he’s on camera accepting a bag of cash from an undercover FBI agent .
These people simply believe the law is a weapon to use against their enemies and does not apply to them.
Disgusting.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | September 21, 2025 7:38 PM
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The fish roys from the head.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | September 21, 2025 7:39 PM
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A measly 50K? What a low rent scumbag.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | September 21, 2025 7:51 PM
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Nothing will happen to him during this administration and Trump will do massive pardoning like Biden did to protect everyone on the way out. The latter is the new norm.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | September 21, 2025 7:55 PM
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Can he be charged at the state level? Trump wouldn't be able to pardon him for that
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | September 21, 2025 7:57 PM
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[quote]A grand jury probe into Homan in the Western District of Texas was still in its early stages when Trump returned to the White House in January, the sources said.
[quote]Can he be charged at the state level?
It apparently happened in Texas, so no, there won't be any state charges.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | September 21, 2025 8:02 PM
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Homan should have used that 50K for new dentures. I can't understand a word he says.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | September 21, 2025 8:02 PM
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He’s so constipated his shit goes back up into his mouth.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | September 21, 2025 8:04 PM
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Old news. Trump got them to drop it.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | September 21, 2025 8:13 PM
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Watergate level corruption
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | September 22, 2025 2:49 AM
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Trump will fuck up big time and there will be no going back. He won't face punishment because he'll be dead before anything goes to trial. But his co-conspirators will face charges. My prediction.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | September 22, 2025 3:23 AM
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Did The Washington Post kill the Tom Homan story?
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | September 22, 2025 3:37 AM
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Crooks! It's a trickle down thing.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | September 22, 2025 3:39 AM
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You'd think they could turn this around in a way that goads Trump's fragile ego.
"Hey Donald! Tom Homan was telling sketchy investors all about how he was going to tell YOU how to run the border, and he collected a shitload of cash promising them he could steer you their way."
Treat him like a mafia don. Let him know that one of his goons is out there telling people the boss is weak and stupid, and more critically, collecting cash without kicking a piece of it upstairs.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | September 22, 2025 3:42 AM
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[quote]He’s so constipated his shit goes back up into his mouth.
That's because he's always either drunk or badly hungover depending on the time of day R14.
And what's the bet this $50K bribe isn't the only bribe Holman has accepted. It's just the only bribe which has been documented by legal authorities. The bottom line is that the entire Trump administration encourages this sort of thing and this is the way they operate.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | September 22, 2025 4:04 AM
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Mike Pniewski can play Tom Homan in his corrupt biopic.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | September 22, 2025 7:15 AM
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The corruption never stops with Trump nd everyone in his administration.
And this Homan guy is the one kicking people out of the country. Homan belong in prison.
Open the investigation and prosecute this criminal.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | September 22, 2025 9:05 AM
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[quote]Open the investigation and prosecute this criminal.
There was an open FBI investigation in Holman's bribe taking R25 but the Trump administration closed it and said there was nothing to see here. They value this type of behavior.
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | September 22, 2025 9:21 AM
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This is what happens when the employees who have been stealing from the petty cash box for years without getting fired are promoted to head of HR, company CEO and the board of directors respectively.
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | September 22, 2025 9:52 AM
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They're all taking bribes, Homan is just the first one to get caught
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | September 22, 2025 1:07 PM
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^ Trump bribed Pam Bondi with a paltry $25K to drop the Trump University investigation. She's a cheap whore.
| by Anonymous | reply 31 | September 22, 2025 3:15 PM
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Josh Marshall: "who knows, but Homan's face looks like it's been used to pave several streets over the last 24 hours. he wasn't brad pitt before the weekend. but it looks like he's having a hard time."
| by Anonymous | reply 35 | September 23, 2025 12:55 AM
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Elect a felon, expect a crime wave.
| by Anonymous | reply 37 | September 24, 2025 2:10 AM
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He'll get away with it and if he doesn't Trump will pardon him.
| by Anonymous | reply 39 | September 24, 2025 2:56 AM
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$50,000 and couldn’t fix his slur?
| by Anonymous | reply 41 | September 24, 2025 3:21 AM
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Undercover officers are cheap!
| by Anonymous | reply 43 | September 24, 2025 10:22 AM
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Is it just me or did this story get little coverage relatively speaking?
| by Anonymous | reply 45 | September 28, 2025 9:24 PM
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