Overview

• Multiple outlets report undercover FBI agents posing as contractors recorded Homan in Texas on Sept. 20, 2024, accepting $50,000 in cash, described as being delivered in a Cava-branded bag.
• The inquiry arose from a counterintelligence case in western Texas and expanded to potential bribery, conspiracy and fraud, with DOJ’s Public Integrity Section engaged alongside the U.S. attorney’s office in the Western District of Texas.
• FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said a review found no credible evidence of criminal wrongdoing and confirmed the investigation was closed this summer.
• Officials and sources said prosecutors doubted they could prove an explicit quid pro quo because Homan was not a government official at the time, and reporting describes early skepticism from senior DOJ figures including Emil Bove.
• Homan and the White House deny illegal conduct and call the probe political, while Democratic lawmakers are demanding release of the recordings and further scrutiny despite no charges being filed.