Tom Homan Says He ‘Did Nothing Criminal’ — But Doesn’t Deny Taking $50,000 in a Bag from an Undercover FBI Agent When Confronted On Fox

Fox News host Laura Ingraham confronted White House border czar Tom Homan on Monday over an MSNBC report that alleged he took $50,000 in cash from an undercover FBI agent.

“Tom, I wanna give you a chance to address this article that came out over the weekend,” said Ingraham during an interview with Homan. “It was on our always reliable MSNBC and they said that you took $50,000 in cash in a bag from an undercover FBI agent to help them win government contracts in Trump’s second term.”

She noted, “The DOJ said they concluded there was no criminal wrongdoing, but nevertheless, that story is out there and I imagine you want to respond to that.”

“Look, I did nothing criminal. I did nothing illegal,” responded Homan. “It’s hit piece after hit piece after hit piece and I’m glad the FBI and DOJ came out and said, you know, said that nothing illegal happened, no criminal activity.”

He continued:

You’re talking about a guy who spent 34 years enforcing law. I mean, I left a very successful business that I ran to come back and work for a government again. I’m back on a government paycheck. Not only did I sacrifice, my family sacrifices. I make sacrifices every day. I got more death threats than anybody. I got a security team around me, but guess what? My kids don’t, my wife don’t. I mean, I haven’t lived with my wife in months because I don’t want her to be here right now with all the threats. So after all the sacrifices, after serving my nation for all these years, they want to come out and dirty me up. And it’s not going to end. There’s a hit piece on me every two weeks. But keep coming, because you know what? Tom Homan isn’t going anywhere, Tom Homan isn’t shutting up, and Tom Homan’s gonna keep doing what he’s doing because working with President Trump is the greatest honor of my life. We’re making this country safer again every day and we’re gonna keep doing it.

According to MSNBC, Homan had been the target of an investigation – until Trump’s Department of Justice shut it down – after he allegedly took $50,000 from an undercover FBI agent in exchange for helping them “win government contracts in a second Trump administration.”

“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,” MSNBC reported. “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.”

Ken Dilanian, who helped break the story for MSNBC, noted Homan’s non-denial in a post on X:

“Hours after the White House said Homan didn’t take the $50k, he doesn’t answer whether he did or not, but simply says he did nothing criminal,” Dilanian wrote.

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