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DOJ Alerted Trump Transition to Bribery Probe Into Border Czar Pick Tom Homan

The late briefing raises unresolved questions about his security clearance process.

Overview

  • Career Justice Department lawyers delivered a one-page summary to transition official Emil Bove days before the inauguration stating Homan was under an active bribery investigation.
  • Undercover FBI agents posing as contractors allegedly recorded Homan taking $50,000 in cash tied to promises to help secure border enforcement contracts.
  • Trump’s team delayed and limited pre-inauguration FBI vetting, resulting in Homan being announced as border czar without a standard background check.
  • After Bove and FBI Director Kash Patel expressed displeasure, the investigation stalled and the FBI closed the case following a summer update.
  • Homan obtained a security clearance and serves in the White House, while officials deny wrongdoing and how his clearance was granted remains unclear.