{"id":1056094,"date":"2025-09-21T13:22:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T17:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1056094"},"modified":"2025-09-21T13:22:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T17:22:32","slug":"corruption-watch-bombshell-report-trumps-doj-shut-down-investigation-into-50000-border-czar-bribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/corruption-watch-bombshell-report-trumps-doj-shut-down-investigation-into-50000-border-czar-bribe\/","title":{"rendered":"CORRUPTION WATCH: Bombshell Report: Trump\u2019s DOJ Shut Down Investigation Into $50,000 Border Czar Bribe\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Trump\u2019s Border Czar Tom Homan caught ON VIDEO accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents in exchange for government contracts<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This weekend, new reporting revealed that Donald Trump\u2019s Justice Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/msnbc\/news\/tom-homan-cash-contracts-trump-doj-investigation-rcna232568\">dropped<\/a> a criminal investigation into his Border Czar Tom Homan, who was recorded accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents seeking government contracts. Rather than allow investigators to independently conduct their investigation, Trump\u2019s handpicked DOJ and FBI lackeys dropped the case into Homan, despite officials claiming that additional evidence could be gathered. Once again, Trump and his cronies are abusing their power for their own benefit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>In response, DNC Rapid Response Director Kendall Witmer released the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump promised to \u2018drain the swamp,\u2019 but is instead using his Justice Department to stop credible investigations into his closest allies. This is exactly the kind of pay-to-play politics that Americans are sick and tired of. He and his allies think they are above the law and are using their power for their own gain, rather than following through on promises to help the American people. It\u2019s corruption, plain and simple.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here are the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/msnbc\/news\/tom-homan-cash-contracts-trump-doj-investigation-rcna232568\"><strong>receipts<\/strong><\/a><strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2024, Homan, former acting ICE Director, who would become Trump\u2019s Border Czar in 2025, was recorded ON VIDEO accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents posing as business owners in exchange for government contracts. Homan\u2019s encounter with agents prompted an investigation into potential bribery and other crimes. Once Trump took office, former acting Deputy Attorney General and Trump\u2019s former personal attorney Emil Bove did not support the case against Homan, despite officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/20\/us\/politics\/tom-homan-fbi-trump.html\">arguing<\/a> that additional evidence could be gathered.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s Border Czar Tom Homan caught ON VIDEO accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents in exchange for government contracts This weekend, new reporting revealed that Donald Trump\u2019s Justice Department dropped a criminal investigation into his Border Czar Tom Homan, who was recorded accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents seeking government contracts. Rather than allow investigators [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1056094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CORRUPTION WATCH: Bombshell Report: Trump\u2019s DOJ Shut Down Investigation Into $50,000 Border Czar Bribe\u00a0 - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/corruption-watch-bombshell-report-trumps-doj-shut-down-investigation-into-50000-border-czar-bribe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-21T17:22:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/corruption-watch-bombshell-report-trumps-doj-shut-down-investigation-into-50000-border-czar-bribe\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/corruption-watch-bombshell-report-trumps-doj-shut-down-investigation-into-50000-border-czar-bribe\/\",\"name\":\"CORRUPTION WATCH: Bombshell Report: Trump\u2019s DOJ Shut Down Investigation Into $50,000 Border Czar Bribe\u00a0 - 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