White House border czar Tom Homan walks toward reporters outside the White House on May 5, 2025, in Washington. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
MSNBC reported that video footage depicts Homan accepting the cash. However, the White House now says that Homan never even accepted the money in the first place, and said that Trump did not ask the Justice Department to shutter the probe.
"Mr. Homan never took the $50,000 that you're referring to, so you should get your facts straight, number one," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Monday. "Number two, this was another example of the weaponization of the Biden Department of Justice against one of President Trump's strongest and most vocal supporters in the midst of a presidential campaign, you had FBI agents going undercover to try and entrap one of the president's top allies and supporters, someone who they knew very well would be taking a government position months later, Mr. Homan did absolutely nothing wrong."
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The White House said that the investigation was politically motivated and said that it was an example of Trump allies being targeted. (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)
Additionally, the White House said that the investigation was politically motivated and said that it was an example of Trump allies being targeted.
"This 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 Trump’s allies rather than investigate real criminals and the millions of illegal aliens who flooded our country," White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "Tom Homan is a career law enforcement officer and lifelong public servant who is doing a phenomenal job on behalf of President Trump and the country."
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
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