White House says Tom Homan did ‘nothing wrong’ following reports he accepted a bag of cash

Border czar Tom Homan speaks with reporters at the White House on September 9. Mark Schiefelbein/AP

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt offered a forceful defense of border czar Tom Homan in the wake of reports that he accepted a bag of cash from undercover FBI agents, insisting on Monday that he “did absolutely nothing wrong.”

“The president stands by Tom Homan 100% because he did absolutely nothing wrong, and he is a brave public servant who has done a phenomenal job in helping the president shut down the border,” Leavitt said during a press briefing.

The show of support came just days after The New York Times reported that Homan was recorded last year accepting $50,000 from the undercover agents, posing as businessmen, in exchange for agreeing to help win federal contr