Border Czar Tom Homan caught accepting $50K bribe; investigation shut down under Trump

[NxNW]

'Caught on camera': Senator says 'Pam Bondi knew' about reported 'brazen' bribery scheme

Donald Trump's border czar Tom Homan is a hot topic after a blockbuster MSNBC report claimed Homan had accepted a $50,000 bribe from FBI undercover agents, and one senator says Pam Bondi and others knew about the scheme. Raw Story reported on Saturday about a MSNBC exclusive in which the outlet claimed that Homan had previously been investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. That caused U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to issue a stinging four-word response to Homan. ["Who's the illegal now?"]

That set the stage for Golden State senator Adam Schiff, who said,"Pam Bondi knew. Kash Patel knew. Emil Bove knew. And they made the investigation go away," Schiff then added. "A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft."

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

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.

Undercover FBI agents posing as contractors communicated and met several times last summer with a business colleague who introduced them to Homan, and with Homan himself, who indicated he would facilitate securing contracts for them in exchange for money once he was in office, according to documents and the people familiar with the case. On Sept. 20, 2024, with hidden cameras recording the scene at a meeting spot in Texas, Homan accepted $50,000 in bills, according to an internal summary of the case and sources.

MSNBC asked legal experts about a hypothetical situation similar to the Homan probe. They said a person who promises to influence federal contracts when they become a public official can’t be charged under the federal bribery statutes until they are named or appointed to such a post. If the person did get the administration job and then reaffirmed his promise or communicated in some way about his plan to deliver on his agreement, investigators could make a strong bribery case.


So I guess he kept the money and never delivered, which makes him innocent?

Then again, that fits right in with Trump.

 

[Sir Joseph]

As Christians, we should put truth and justice over political biasness.

So, it's wrong to blame Trump for Homan's alledged crime, but if it's true, it's very wrong for the Trump administration to cover it up. I know that justice is not always served upon rich or powerful people, but the federal government has strong ethics laws that have ruined careers before. Let's a hope a congressional inquiry will reveal the truth and that justice is served.

 

[NxNW]

As Christians, we should put truth and justice over political biasness.

So, it's wrong to blame Trump for Homan's alledged crime, but if it's true, it's very wrong for the Trump administration to cover it up.

Wrong, but typical.

I know that justice is not always served upon rich or powerful people, but the federal government has strong ethics laws that have ruined careers before. Let's a hope a congressional inquiry will reveal the truth and that justice is served.

I won't hold my breath.

 

[essentialsaltes]

So I guess he kept the money and never delivered, which makes him innocent?

Bondi is being questioned by the Senate.

Sen Whitehouse: What became of the $50,000 in cash? Did the FBI get it back from Homan?”

AG PAM BONDI (paraphrase): there was no credible evidence of any wrongdoing.

Whitehouse: That's not what I asked.

BONDI: Go ask Kash Patel

Whitehouse: He reports to you. Do you know the answer to the question?

BONDI: you're so concerned with money. gibber dark money groups you take money.

Whitehouse: Did the FBI check to see if Homan reported the money on his taxes?

 

[essentialsaltes]

Homan has denied any wrongdoing and the White House has backed him, but has also offered shifting accounts of whether he accepted the money.

The White House first did not deny that Homan accepted the money but said he did not have a role in contracting decisions and called the investigation “blatantly political.”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt then said Homan did not accept the cash.

Later, in an on Fox News’s “Ingraham Angle,” Homan denied wrongdoing but did not repeat Leavitt’s claim when asked about the money.

“Look, I did nothing criminal. I did nothing illegal,” Homan said.

 

[NxNW]

BONDI: you're so concerned with money. gibber dark money groups you take money.

What's that last sentence mean?

 

[essentialsaltes]

What's that last sentence mean?

Part of her canned attacks on the senators, since she wasn't interested in answering questions. Honestly, if you listen to what she said, it's not much different from the whargarbbl I wrote as a paraphrase.

'Hypocrite!' Pam Bondi's attack notes snapped by photographer during contentious hearing​

The second note reads "Whitehouse" in bold letters, then fed Bondi the line, "You claim to be a social justice warrior, but you're a member of the Senate," and then cuts off in the photo. The next line reads, "You rail against dark money but you work with dark money groups."