A former immigration official, who previously served under Donald Trump’s ”border czar” Tom Homan, cut off a reporter from MSNBC when asked about his part in telling undercover DOJ officials that his former boss could help them cash in on federal contracts if Donald Trump became president again. The internal Justice Department document also revealed that Calderas accepted $10,000 from the undercover FBI agents during a meeting in 2024 after first proposing the scheme in 2023. “When we reached out by phone, my colleague Carol Leonnig got him on the phone, and laid out our reporting. He said, I don't know anything about this, and if what you're saying is true, I have to contact my lawyer. And he was unreachable after that.”“The FBI and the Justice Department declined to comment,” he added.