Trump's border czar Tom Homan denies taking $50,000 from undercover FBI agents: 'I'm not enriching myself'

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Source: The Independent

Thursday 16 October 2025 09:19 BST


Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s border czar, has publicly denied taking $50,000 in exchange for government contracts for the first time. Homan, a contributor to Project 2025 and the architect of the family separation policy enforced in Trump’s first administration, appeared at a town hall event yesterday to claim that he is not “enriching” himself through his government role.

“I didn’t take $50,000 from anybody,” Homan told NewsNation’s Bill O’Reilly, referencing an alleged video that reportedly captured him taking cash from FBI agents disguised as business executives. Trump’s border czar went on to claim that he has been the victim of media “hit pieces” during his time in office, during which he has presided over one of the most aggressive immigration crackdowns in recent history.

“There’s got to be 30, 40 hit pieces about me, about how I’m involved with the contract intergovernmental contracts,” Homan said. “Day one, I came back. I recused myself from any discussions, any contracts, or any monetary decisions like that because I used to have a company that did consulting. “So I cleared myself day one. What people don’t talk about is that I took a significant, huge pay cut to come back and serve my nation. And I’m not enriching myself doing this job.”

However, this is the first time that Homan has claimed that he did not accept the cash, despite the event allegedly being caught on video by the FBI.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/tom-homan-fbi-50000-b2846409.html

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appeared at a town hall event yesterday to claim that he is not “enriching” himself

You are instead enriching yourself AND your spouse and 4 children.

“There’s got to be 30, 40 hit pieces about me, about how I’m involved with the contract intergovernmental contracts,” Homan said. “Day one, I came back. I recused myself from any discussions, any contracts, or any monetary decisions like that because I used to have a company that did consulting. “So I cleared myself day one.

That has nothing to do with accepting a $50,000 bribe that was caught on video.