"In early January, several days before Donald Trump's inauguration, a Justice Department lawyer passed an envelope across a wide desk to a top Trump transition official. Enclosed was a bombshell, typed up in a one-page summary, according to two people briefed on the meeting. As he read the contents of the envelope, the official, Emil Bove, closed his eyes and grimaced, according to the people, who requested anonymity to discuss a sensitive case."
"It revealed that Tom Homan at that time, a frequent companion of Trump's on the campaign trail who had publicly boasted he would be joining Trump's administration to lead his immigrant deportation strategy was the subject of an ongoing bribery investigation. Undercover FBI agents posing as private contractors had recorded him accepting $50,000 in cash in exchange for what they believed was Homan's vow to help get border enforcement contracts in the new Trump administration."
In early January, Justice Department lawyers informed Trump transition officials that Tom Homan faced an ongoing bribery investigation. The notification came as a one-page summary handed to Emil Bove, who reacted with visible distress. Undercover FBI agents posing as private contractors recorded Homan allegedly accepting $50,000 in cash in exchange for promises to assist in obtaining border enforcement contracts. Homan had not undergone the traditional FBI background check prior to his announcement but nonetheless received a security clearance and assumed the role as border czar upon inauguration. The White House labeled the investigation politically motivated and asserted it found no evidence of illegal activity.
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