DOJ Closes FBI Probe Into Tom Homan

Undercover FBI agents posing as contractors allegedly recorded Tom Homan, President Trump's border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash in September 2024 as part of a DOJ/FBI bribery probe into promises to steer federal contracts if Trump returned to office. Reporting says the handoff was captured on audio and video—allegedly inside a Cava takeout bag—and an internal case summary described the payment as for "facilitating" future contracts. After the Trump administration took office, the Justice Department and FBI reviewed and closed the investigation. FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said investigators found "no credible evidence of any criminal wrongdoing." The White House denied Homan took the money, with press secretary Karoline Leavitt calling the earlier probe politically motivated "weaponization," while critics point to Homan's consulting ties to detention contractors and say the closure raises questions about partisan influence and oversight of corruption investigations.