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Homan has Trump's full support, White House says, after bribery allegations

The Justice Department found no credible evidence of wrongdoing by Tom Homan and closed the bribery investigation after reviewing the $50,000 undercover payment allegations.

  • The Justice Department found no evidence against Tom Homan regarding bribery allegations, as confirmed by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt who stated he never accepted the $50,000 cash payment from undercover agents.
  • Karoline Leavitt characterized the investigation as an instance of entrapment by President Biden's Department of Justice against a supporter of President Trump.
  • Homan reported to a local press outlet that there was 'nothing to it' regarding the investigation, but he did not directly deny taking the money.
  • Homan was investigated for possibly accepting bribes in exchange for government contracts, but no public videotape exists of the recorded encounter involving FBI agents.
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On Monday, the White House expressed its support for the “border zar” Tom Homan after reports emerged that he had accepted $50,000 from undercover agents posing as businessmen during an FBI covert operation last year, triggering a bribery investigation that was closed by the Department of Justice already during Donald Trump’s presidency.

·Los Angeles, United States
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