Headline buries the lede, which is that the DOJ shut it down for being a "deep state" probe. Basically, officials working for this administration can now legally receive bribes.
Still wondering where the $50k went. Also why isn't this the biggest story out this weekend? At least on left/center news sites. I can see conservative news outlets participating in a coverup.
Why is this posted on hacker news? Seems ill fitting...
That aside, it sounds like the FBI set him up maybe? If that's the case, can we NOT play political sports-ball and do this to every other politician regardless of party?
I mean, I receive fake emails and texts testing whether I give up privileged information from the company I work for as ongoing security awareness training. Soooo...maybe we need to do something similar with government employees?
> In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration, according to multiple people familiar with the probe and internal documents reviewed by MSNBC.
> The FBI and the Justice Department planned to wait to see whether Homan would deliver on his alleged promise once he became the nation’s top immigration official. But the case indefinitely stalled soon after Donald Trump became president again in January, according to six sources familiar with the matter. In recent weeks, Trump appointees officially closed the investigation, after FBI Director Kash Patel requested a status update on the case, two of the people said.
> It’s unclear what reasons FBI and Justice Department officials gave for shutting down the investigation. But a Trump Justice Department appointee called the case a “deep state” probe in early 2025 and no further investigative steps were taken, the sources say.
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> On Sept. 20, 2024, with hidden cameras recording the scene at a meeting spot in Texas, Homan accepted $50,000 in bills, according to an internal summary of the case and sources.
