Overview

• On ABC’s This Week, George Stephanopoulos repeatedly asked whether border czar Tom Homan kept $50,000 that reports say was captured on an FBI audio recording in September 2024, and he cut off Vice President JD Vance after Vance did not directly answer.
• Vance called the allegation a bogus story, denied that Homan took a bribe, and argued the media should focus on the government shutdown and troop pay instead, later repeating the criticism in a post on X.
• Senior DOJ officials said last month that prosecutors found no credible evidence of criminal wrongdoing and closed the probe into Homan, and the purported recordings have not been released.
• The White House and Homan have denied illegal activity, with Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt saying in September that Homan never took the $50,000 referenced in media reports.
• Democrats on oversight panels have sought tapes and case files, with Rep. Jamie Raskin saying letters to Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel have gone unanswered.