White House border czar Tom Homan denied reports that he accepted $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents as part of a counterintelligence investigation in 2024.
Last month, media outlets reported that the FBI had recorded him accepting $50,000 in cash from undercover agents who had sought government contracts before he started his role in the Trump administration.
Speaking to reporters at a press briefing last month, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt rejected the reports that Homan had accepted such a payment.
“The White House and the president stand by Tom Homan 100 percent because he did absolutely nothing wrong,” Leavitt said.
She said that FBI agents and prosecutors found no evidence of illegal activity or criminal wrongdoing by Homan.
Homan rejected the claims during an appearance on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle” show, saying that he “did nothing criminal” or illegal.
“I’m glad the FBI and DOJ came out and said that nothing illegal happened and nothing—no criminal activity,” he said in September.
“The administration must turn over the tapes to Congress. Every decision made by Homan must be scrutinized for possible corruption,” she said.
But at the Oct. 15 event, Homan said the reporting was a “hit piece.”
“I don’t care what people think about me and never have,” he said.
“I recused myself from any discussions of any contract or any monetary decisions like that, because I used to have a company that did consulting, so I cleared myself,” Homan said on Oct. 15 during the discussion. “Day one, what people don’t talk about is I took a significant, huge pay cut to come back and serve my nation, and I’m not enriching myself.”
As the Trump administration’s border czar, Homan is one of the top officials overseeing mass deportations of people who are in the United States illegally. He was previously an official in Immigration and Customs Enforcement and was its acting director in Trump’s first term. He also worked as a private consultant.
