Overview

• Reuters and MSNBC report that President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, accepted $50,000 from an undercover FBI agent in 2024 in a recorded handoff using a Cava-branded bag.
• Sources say the payment was linked to promises of immigration-related government contracts once he entered the administration.
• The inquiry began around August 2024 after a separate national-security case repeatedly mentioned Homan, prompting a covert operation, according to the reporting.
• A grand jury matter in the Western District of Texas was still in early stages when Trump returned to the White House in January, the sources said.
• FBI Director Kash Patel ordered the probe closed in mid-2025, DOJ leaders said agents and prosecutors found no prosecutable wrongdoing, and the White House said Homan was not involved in awarding contracts.