DEVLIN BARRETT, GLENN THRUSH, ALAN FEUER, MAGGIE HABERMAN AND HAMED ALEAZIZ

New York Times

Tom Homan, who was later named President Trump's border czar, was recorded in September 2024 accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash in an undercover FBI investigation, according to people familiar with the case, which was later shut down by Trump administration officials.

The payment grew out of a long-running counterintelligence investigation that had not been targeting Homan, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Homan's encounter with the undercover agents, recorded on audiotape, led him to be investigated for potential bribery and other crimes, after he apparently took the money and agreed to help the agents − who were posing as businesspeople − secure future governm

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