Multiple sources reported a few days ago. TheIndependent -
The White House on Monday strenuously denied that Trump administration border czar Tom Homan took an alleged $50,000 bribe he was reportedly caught on tape accepting from undercover FBI agents as part of an anti-corruption investigation last year.
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about the allegations against Homan, who according to The New York Times was handed the stack of cash — concealed in a takeout bag from the Cava fast casual chain — by the FBI agents during a meeting in September of last year. The Times reported that the DOJ under Trump shut down the investigation.
MSNBC reported separately that the alleged handoff was recorded on multiple hidden cameras. But Leavitt flatly denied Homan had done any of it.
“Mr. Homan never took the $50,000 that you're referring to, so you should get your facts straight,” she said.
Homan, who spent three decades in federal service with the U.S. Border Patrol and served as acting Immigrations and Customs Enforcement director during President Donald Trump’s first term, had met with the agents, who posed as would-be federal contractors, on multiple occasions after they were reportedly tipped off about him allegedly soliciting payments in exchange for future help awarding federal contracts in a future second Trump administration.
That is the nutshell version. {Is a strenuous denial one given while doing pushups?)
Multiple reporting gives further detail - Homan has not held power over awarding contracts. So, no pro quo could have been given even if there was a quid, and Homan insists he took no money. That suggests some error or fault in videotaping. Or in different conclusions and interpretations by DOJ and FBI personnel now reviewing things. If all the latter authorities had was a video of handing a bag, it could have been leftover food. Right? Whether earlier agents in the videotaped sequence were consulted is not reported. They could have been DOGEed out of federal service by the time Patel reviewed things.
What was reported is, case closed, no grand jury convened, authorities feeling the situation was crime free.
In effect, Trumps DOJ and FBI dropped the matter as with Epstein-Files questions. Details differ, but deep sixing things is the parallel ultimate general outcome over both situations.
Whatever happened, Homan continues to run ICE his way, with Miller and Trump satisfied.
If it was leftover food in the bag, hope it kept fresh.