Overview

• An internal Justice Department document reviewed by MSNBC says Calderas first floated the cash-for-contracts plan in May 2023 to undercover FBI agents posing as businessmen.
• Agents recorded a Sept. 20, 2024 meeting in Dallas where Homan accepted $50,000 in cash and Calderas accepted $10,000, according to the document and multiple sources.
• The probe began under the Biden administration and was later closed after Trump took office, with FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche saying investigators found no credible evidence of criminal wrongdoing.
• The White House calls the inquiry politically motivated, and press secretary Karoline Leavitt previously claimed Homan never took the $50,000, while Homan has said only that he did nothing illegal.
• Calderas, a co-owner of Texas-based contractor XFed Global and a former ICE official under Homan, told MSNBC he knew nothing about the investigation and said he needed to consult his lawyer.