The White House on Monday denied reports that border czar Tom Homan allegedly accepted $50,000 in cash last year from undercover FBI agents during an alleged bribery sting operation.
“Mr. Homan never took the $50,000 that you’re referring to, so you should get your facts straight,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said during a briefing when asked about the reports that emerged over the weekend.
“This was another example of the weaponization of the Biden [Department of Justice],” she said.
She also accused the FBI of trying to “entrap one of the president’s top allies.”
Leavitt’s comments follow reports by MSNBC and The New York Times that Homan accepted the cash after stating that he would help the undercover agents secure government contracts should then-candidate Donald Trump win a second term as president.
