Overview
- MS NOW reports that career Justice Department lawyers handed a one-page summary to transition official Emil Bove days before the inauguration detailing an undercover bribery case involving Tom Homan.
- Internal DOJ records state undercover agents met Homan and associate Julian Calderas in Texas on Sept. 20, 2024, recording Homan taking $50,000 in cash and Calderas $10,000 tied to promised help with government contracts.
- Trump announced Homan as border czar on Nov. 10, 2024, prior to a standard FBI background check because the transition delayed submitting names for vetting.
- Prosecutors in the Western District of Texas asked DOJ’s Public Integrity Section to monitor the case on Nov. 25, 2024, while investigators considered whether official acts would substantiate bribery charges.
- After FBI Director Kash Patel and Bove expressed displeasure, the probe stalled and the FBI later closed it, as the White House denied the cash allegation and labeled the investigation politically motivated.