Federal investigators recorded Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, accepting $50,000 in cash during an FBI sting, but the Justice Department shut the case down once President Donald Trump returned to office.
According to documents reviewed by MSNBC, undercover agents posing as contractors filmed Homan taking the money in Texas on Sept. 20, 2024.
Sources said Homan indicated he could help the agents win government contracts if Trump were reelected.
The FBI planned to monitor Homan once he was back in office. Prosecutors in Texas were working with the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section to build the case.
But after Trump took office in January 2025, officials close to him labeled the probe “deep state.” Within weeks, the case was stalled. In recent days, Trump appointees formally shut it down.
FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche dismissed the matter. “They found no credible evidence of any criminal wrongdoing. The Department’s resources must remain focused on real threats to the American people, not baseless investigations,” they said.
The White House called the case “blatantly political.” Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson said, “Tom Homan has not been involved with any contract award decisions. He is a career law enforcement