Oh, surprise! Tom Homan is corrupt

Tom Homan, who was later named President Trump’s border czar, was recorded in September 2024 accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash in an undercover F.B.I. investigation, according to people familiar with the case, which was later shut down by Trump administration officials.

The cash payment, which was made inside a bag from the food chain Cava, grew out of a long-running counterintelligence investigation that had not been targeting Mr. Homan, according to the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the case.

Mr. Homan’s encounter with the undercover agents, recorded on audiotape, led him to be investigated for potential bribery and other crimes, after he apparently took the money and agreed to help the agents — who were posing as businessmen — secure future government contracts related to border security, the people said.

  NYT

Under the Trump administation, officials at the Department of Justice closed the investigation because they doubted they could could convince a jury Homan agreed to specific actions in exchange for the cash, the outlet reported.

  USA Today

Is that really why? What could his defense has offered as another reason?

“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," a joint statement from FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said.

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White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson blasted the probe as a "blatantly political investigation, which found no evidence of illegal activity" in a statement that accused the Biden administation of using DOJ resources to target Trump allies "rather than investigate real criminals" and immigrats who illegally entered the country.

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Homan did not respond to USA TODAY's request for comment.

Could somebody ask the previous administration?