The Trump administration’s Justice Department shut down a bribery investigation into border czar Tom Homan earlier this year, citing “no credible evidence” for wrongdoing, according to multiple reports.
A new MSNBC report on Saturday said the FBI recorded Homan accepting $50,000 in cash from agents posing as businessmen last year, in exchange for helping these agents win government contracts in a second Trump administration. This case stalled after President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, and was recently closed after FBI Director Kash Patel requested a status update on it.
“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 statement from Patel and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said.
“The Department’s resources must remain focused on real threats to the American people, not baseless investigations. As a result, the investigation has been closed,” the statement continued.
White House deputy press secretary Abigail Jackson called the investigation “yet another example” of the Biden administration’s DOJ targeting Trump’s allies. She also said Homan hasn’t been involved in “any contract award decisions.”
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) shared the report on X, and called on the administration to “turn over the tapes” to Congress.
Homan has been actively involved in the Trump administration’s deportation efforts. Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks recently expressed optimism the administration can eventually push illegal border crossings down to zero.