BREAKINGBREAKING, Tom Homan, Trump's Border Czar, has been speaking from Minnesota, where he was sent to replace in wake of two killings of US citizens by immigration enforcement officers. Homan was sent by Trump to replace Greg Bovino, the top border patrol official sent to the state as part of a massive enforcement operation that has sparked widespread protests.
We all agree that we need to support our law enforcement officers and get criminals off the streets. While we don't agree on everything, these meetings were a productive starting point and I look forward to more conversations with key stakeholders in the days ahead, Homan said in a post on X. Today I met with Governor Walz, Mayor Frey, and top law enforcement officials to discuss the issues on the ground in Minnesota.
Bovino's departure marks a significant public shift in federal law enforcement posture amid mounting outrage over the fatal shooting of 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents. His leadership of highly visible federal crackdowns, including operations that sparked mass demonstrations in Los Angeles, Chicago, Charlotte and Minneapolis, has drawn fierce criticism from local officials, civil rights advocates and congressional Democrats.
Amid rising tensions in Minnesota over federal agents shooting and killing protesters, US President Donald Trump said senior White House official Tom Homan will visit the northeastern state. "I am sending Tom Homan to Minnesota tonight. He has not been involved in that area, but knows and likes many of the people there. Tom is tough but fair, and will report directly to me," the president wrote in an online post.
President Donald Trump has announced he will send Tom Homan to Minneapolis, an apparent benching of DHS honcho Kristi Noem, who has reportedly been at odds with the border czar. Trump announced the move via his Truth Social platform on Monday morning, two days after the shooting of Minneapolis VA nurse Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents. I am sending Tom Homan to Minnesota tonight.
According to an MSNBC report, Homan accepted a $50,000 cash payment from undercover FBI agents posing as business executives in exchange for promised government contracts. MSNBC said the exchange was caught on video, while The New York Times reported it was recorded on audiotape. FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the case was subjected to a full review and that investigators found no credible evidence of any criminal wrongdoing.
Democrats in both the US Senate and House on Tuesday announced they were launching a probe into President Donald Trump's "border czar," Tom Homan, after MSNBC reported this past weekend that he was caught on camera accepting a $50,000 cash bribe by undercover FBI agents. In a letter sent to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee said they had "grave concern" about the US Department of Justice (DOJ) reportedly shutting down the probe into Homan despite the FBI allegedly possessing video evidence of him accepting $50,000 in cash from agents who were posing as businessmen.
So first of all, free legal advice for everybody, do not accept $50,000 in a bag just as a general rule. Now my prosecutorial antenna are definitely up at this scenario, but it's also important to understand the bribery laws can be confusing, and at times confounding. So one of the potential issues here is it's not necessarily a crime for a person to take a bribe, a benefit, On the promise of, If I get into office, I will do something for you.
He was the underappreciated star of Sam Ervin's special committee looking into the break-in, and general campaign of dirty tricks and sabotage that led up to, activities that entered the political lexicon as ratfcking. It was Ulasewicz's job to deliver hundreds of thousands of dollars in hush money to a variety of Watergate participants, most notably G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt.
Tom Homan stated, 'ICE agents are facing an 830% increase in assaults because of smears from the left. Their words have consequences. We won't let them pretend they don't.'
I believe we're removing public safety threats and terrorists, designated terrorists, to that prison in El Salvador, Homan said. Tren de Aragua, MS-13 have been designated terrorist organizations.