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.

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.

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    1 month ago

    Yeah but I mean who hasn’t accepted a $50,000 bag of cash to subvert legal process required one’s position now and then?

    I mean those coke and hookers are just gonna go to some Saudi prince or something if you don’t. And nobody wants that.