White House quickly changes its story after Tom Homan bribery revelations
Source: Raw Story
September 22, 2025 7:08PM ET
The White House is changing its story around "border czar" Tom Homan accepting a $50,000 bribe as Donald Trump's administration was coming into office. Reporting for MSNBC, Ken Dilanian and Carol Leonnig wrote over the weekend that Homan, whose official title is the executive associate director for Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), was caught by special agents in Texas soliciting bribes.
The undercover operation had agents posing as business executives trying to influence government contracts. Homan accepted $50,000 in cash and indicated he would help them get the contract, according to the report.
The report at the time quoted White House deputy press secretary Abigail Jackson attacking the effort as a "blatantly political investigation, which found no evidence of illegal activity, is yet another example of how the Biden Department of Justice was using its resources to target President Trumps allies rather than investigate real criminals and the millions of illegal aliens who flooded our country." That story changed on Monday, however.
Dilanian wrote on X, "The White House is now saying Tom Homan didn't take the $50,000 in cash. That was not part of their statement when we first went to them on Saturday. Multiple people familiar with the case say he did accept the money, as does an internal government document reviewed by MSNBC."
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/tom-homan-2674017845/
DemMedic
(530 posts)ck4829
(37,185 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(27,306 posts)Prairie Gates
(6,642 posts)Somebody forgot that they control the DOJ and don't have to ever show anyone anywhere the stone cold proof of this faccia di criminale pocketing the fitty-grand.
LymphocyteLover
(8,968 posts)riversedge
(78,599 posts)robleb
(311 posts)
twodogsbarking
(16,452 posts)Historic NY
(39,407 posts)When a case like this happens, there are receipts for the disbursement of cash and perhaps a copy of the bills with serial numbers. Its just like a drug deal follow the money.
SergeStorms
(19,823 posts)or they're on a "special case" in Antarctica at the moment. A Justice Department spokesperson was on all mainstream media yesterday saying he never took any money and "Even Kash Patel's FBI investigated this and found it not to be true." Suuuure they did!
ck4829
(37,185 posts)Baitball Blogger
(51,333 posts)Prairie Gates
(6,642 posts)Add "destroying evidence" to the eventual "truth and reconciliation committee" docket.
ck4829
(37,185 posts)70sEraVet
(5,060 posts)And the guilty are showered with praise and power
In our America, the Beautiful
ck4829
(37,185 posts)BOSSHOG
(43,979 posts)One way to Uganda. Whats good for the innocent is good for the guilty. 34 felony convictions.
EPSTEIN INVESTIGATIONS THAT TYLENOL CANT PUT AN END TO. ADJUDICATED RAPIST. AND THE BAND PLAYED ON.
Martin68
(26,582 posts)Bayard
(27,613 posts)But he keeps his job. What a country!

FakeNoose
(39,219 posts)No. 1 - it makes him look "smart" by comparison.
No. 2 - when things go sideways, he always has someone he can blame it on and fire for his mistakes.
BidenRocks
(2,467 posts)NYC mayor among past honorees.
Homan works cheap!
Lock him up in Alligator Auschwitcz!
Mysterian
(6,050 posts)Much more credibility.
stopdiggin
(14,608 posts)Last edited Tue Sep 23, 2025, 03:34 PM - Edit history (1)
And - if someone within the WH was actually silly enough to do so - that version of the story lasted all of about 15 minutes. (together with the 'hook' coming out from stage left)
Other posters are already saying that Homan himself has affirmed, in interview, that he did ....
Edit: WRONG! WH spokesman did say this (on the record). Homan also stated that he did (take the money). And the WH is now spinning that "both statements are true" (simultaneously?) and, "nothing to see here", "hit pieces", "targeting Trump supporters" - yada, yada ...
The lies just become more brazen and barefaced as they mount ...
mackdaddy
(1,893 posts)Or should they add tax evasion to bribery and corruption?
durablend
(8,671 posts)Everyone knows "THE DEMOCRATS DID IT"
ananda
(33,824 posts)He did it all right.
ck4829
(37,185 posts)Sneederbunk
(16,917 posts)BadgerMom
(3,364 posts)criminals
If only so many of President Trumps allies WERENT real criminals, maybe hed have a point. But, as it stands, its just DJT claiming hes a victim for the zillionth time.