In 2024, Trump’s now-border czar Tom Homan was recorded by the FBI accepting $50,000 in cash while promising to secure government contracts for undercover agents.

MSNBC reports that the FBI and Justice Department were waiting to move forward with their investigation into Homan until he began as border czar and could make good on his promise.

After Donald Trump became president in January 2025, however, the case hit a screeching halt. FBI Director Kash Patel reportedly requested an update on the investigation into Homan, and unnamed Trump appointees closed the case. While there was no official reason given, MSNBC reports that one Trump DOJ official called it a “deep state” investigation.

The probe into Homan began during the summer of 2024, when the subject of a separate federal investig

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