Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) requested Lawyer Normal Pam Bondi on Tuesday morning about what occurred to the $50,000 in money that undercover FBI brokers allegedly gave border czar Tom Homan as a part of an investigation that grew out of a counterintelligence investigation.
Whitehouse requested Bondi whether or not the FBI ever bought the cash again or whether or not Homan reported the revenue on his taxes, questions that Bondi deflected by mentioning the investigation was closed.
“What became of the $50,000 in cash that the FBI paid to Mr. Homan in a paper bag?” Whitehouse requested, which led to an extended silence within the listening to room.
“Senator, as Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche recently stated, the investigation of Mr. Homan was subjected to a full review by the FBI, agents and DOJ prosecutors. They found no credible evidence of any wrongdoing,” she stated.
“That was not my query. My query was, ‘What became of the $50,000 in cash the FBI delivered evidently in a paper bag to Mr. Homan?’’ Whitehouse requested once more.
Bondi instructed the Rhode Island senator: “I’d look at your facts.”
Whitehouse appeared momentarily confused by the response: “They did not deliver $50,000 in cash to Mr. Homan?”
Bondi reiterated her reply that the Homan investigation was reviewed and officers discovered no proof of wrongdoing.
Whitehouse requested if the FBI bought the cash again and Bondi stated he could be welcome to debate the matter with FBI Director Kash Patel.
MSNBC reported final month that Homan accepted a money fee in September 2024 as a part of an FBI undercover operation carried out after the bureau was given a tip that he was taking kickbacks in alternate for serving to corporations safe authorities contracts ought to President Trump be elected.
Homan has denied any wrongdoing and the White Home has backed him, however has additionally supplied shifting accounts of whether or not he accepted the cash.
The White Home first didn’t deny that Homan accepted the cash however stated he didn’t have a job in contracting selections and known as the investigation “blatantly political.”
White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt then stated Homan didn’t settle for the money.
Later, in an on Fox Information’s “Ingraham Angle,” Homan denied wrongdoing however didn’t repeat Leavitt’s declare when requested in regards to the cash.
“Look, I did nothing criminal. I did nothing illegal,” Homan stated.
