Democrats urge Trump border czar investigation over bribery allegation | Trump administration
Democrats called Treasury observers to investigate reports Donald Tom Homan’s boundary Boundary Tom Homan has accepted a $ 50,000 bag cash from a secret FBI agent in exchange for political goodness.
In the alleged plan, according to anonymous sources quoted by more than one media organization, when he joined the Trump administration for money, he promised government agreements on the immigration. The Ministry of Justice later closed a bribe investigation.
On Monday, Dave Min is California Congress, a member of the House of Representatives Surveillance Committee. written Treasury Inspector Russell George and Treasury General Inspector Tax Administration Russell Martin General Inspector calls to examine whether Homan has notified the payment and whether it is connected to the private consultancy company.
“History shows that we need to follow the money – especially if it is not reported to the Internal Income Service (IRS). Anti -Corruption Task Force. “In accordance with federal laws, all legal or illegal revenues should be notified to IRS, including payments arising from bribery.
“Failure to know this income will probably violate the Federal Tax Law.
Homan is illegally controlling the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign of people in the country. Unpologue Etmid Hardliner, a immigration, Challenge a court order This prevented the deportation of the alleged Venezuelan gang members: orum I don’t care what judges think. ”
Homan was previously authorized to immigration and Customs Protection (ICE) under the direction of Barack Obama and his deputy director in the first period of Trump. During Trump’s four years of power, he carried out a consultancy business to help companies get government agreements on migration.
In the Steing operation, Homan accepted a bribe of $ 50,000 in a bag from the restaurant chain Cava, and claimed that he would keep the money in confidence until he completed his service under Trump. A Source told Reuters News Agency.
Homan was later investigated for bribery and other crimes, but it was closed after Trump started his duty, because he did not have a government position at that time, because of the difficulty of proving that he had accepted a certain action in exchange for money.
In a press briefing on Monday, the White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt rejected Homan that he had accepted such a payment. “Mr. Homan, he never received the $ 50,000 you mentioned, so you should straighten your facts,” He told a reporter.
Leavitt stands by 100% of the White House and President Tom Homan because he didn’t do anything wrong, Le said Leavitt. The authority insisted that FBI agents and prosecutors had no evidence that there was an illegal activity or criminal mistake on the border border.
However, Carol Leonnig, one of the MSNBC journalists who broke the story, He answered on social media: “The White House spokesman said that Homan never received $ 50,000, we examined the internal document that says that Homan agreed to pay cash from the secret FBI representatives in September 2024.”
Political pressure on Homan is increasing. Elizabeth Warren, the democratic senator of Massachusetts on Sunday, Posted on x platform: “The law was caught in the camera. Administrative cassettes should translate them into Congress. Every decision made by Homan should be examined for possible corruption.”
Senator Richard Blumenthal from Connecticut Added on Monday: “In a bag, $ 50,000 in cash – clearly boundary Tab Homan is not afraid to ask for personal payments in exchange for good government. Trump leaders do not serve the country – they fail, they first put personal profits.
Congress Member Mary Gay Scanlon Pennsylvania He wrote on x: “The White House knew that Homan had accepted $ 50,000 to impress contracts. They still appointed him. Then they distributed Doj’s Public Honesty Unit and broke the Homan investigation. There is no end to corruption in Trump’s white palace.”
