A GOP Member is Now Under Investigation for Bribery • Franknez.com

House and Senate Democrats are turning up the heat on the Trump administration, demanding a treasure trove of evidence from a now-shuttered FBI probe into White House border czar Tom Homan, who stands accused of pocketing $50,000 in cash from undercover agents posing as businessmen.

The bipartisan outrage?

The investigation, which played out in September 2024, vanished after Trump reclaimed the White House, raising eyebrows about a potential cover-up at the highest levels.

The saga kicked off with MSNBC’s bombshell report on the sting: Homan, Trump’s pick as top immigration enforcer, allegedly took the bribe-stuffed bag—sourced from a Cava restaurant, no less—in exchange for pledging to steer federal contracts their way once Trump won the election.

The feds, under the prior administration, had the goods: video, audio, the works.

But post-inauguration, new FBI Director Kash Patel reviewed it all and slammed the door shut, citing a lack of wrongdoing.

Democrats aren’t buying the quick exit.

On Tuesday, the House Judiciary Committee’s Democratic members fired off a scorching letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Patel, zeroing in on the juicy details.

“Do the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have video and audio recordings of White House ‘Border Czar’ Tom Homan accepting $50,000 in cash bribes from undercover FBI agents stuffed in a brown paper takeout bag from the restaurant chain Cava?” they wrote, adding with a dash of sarcasm, “It certainly sounds like you do.”

A Thorough Investigation is Called For

The House crew wants it all—recordings, docs, files, comms—handed over by September 29.

Over in the Senate, Judiciary Democrats matched the move with their own letters to the FBI and DOJ, kicking off an oversight probe and setting an October 6 deadline for the full dump.

They’re framing this as a textbook case of corruption, quoting a former D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office public corruption chief who called Homan’s alleged promise a “strong case for conspiracy to commit bribery.”

As the expert put it, “For the ‘agreement itself is the conspiracy crime,’ and would remain a crime even if the promisor ‘were never even appointed to anything at all.’”

The Trump camp’s pushback has been swift but slippery.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt didn’t outright deny the sting went down, but insisted Homan never grabbed that fateful bag, dismissing the whole thing as peak “government weaponization” from the Biden era.

Homan himself, chatting with Fox News on Monday night, kept it cool: “I did nothing criminal. I did nothing illegal,” he said, nodding to the FBI and DOJ’s sign-off that “nothing illegal happened.”

Trump Administration Fails to Hide Red Flags

Democrats and republicans see red flags everywhere, blasting the shutdown as an “incomplete, unconvincing, and at times downright embarrassing” dodge.

They’re swatting down claims that the probe’s origins taint it—after all, criminal cases roll over from one White House to the next without a hitch.

And they’re drawing parallels to the Epstein files mess, where similar “no credible evidence” lines were trotted out amid cries of deep-state shenanigans.

Don’t hold your breath for quick compliance; the administration’s got zero incentive to play ball without a subpoena in hand.

But with midterms on the horizon, these probes could snowball if Democrats claw back committee control next fall.

For now, it’s a stark reminder of how the immigration wars—once fought at the border—are spilling into the halls of justice, with Homan’s fate hanging in the balance.

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