39 | Friday, September 19, 2025White House backs 'border czar' after reports he accepted cash during undercover FBI probe last year Print | Front Page | Email this story To:From:Message:From (email):Message:WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House stood behind "border czar" Tom Homan on Monday following reports that he had accepted $50,000 from undercover agents posing as businesspeople during an undercover FBI operation last year, leading to a bribery investigation that was shut down by the Trump administration Justice Department. The Trump administration Justice Department, which shut down the probe, said the matter was "subjected to a full review," but authorities found "no credible evidence of any criminal wrongdoing." Without providing evidence, the White House criticized the Biden administration investigation as politically motivated. Homan has been a key figure behind Trump's hardline immigration policies and deportation efforts, serving as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the first Trump administration. Shortly after Trump's presidential victory in November, the president announced that Homan would serve as "border czar" in the incoming administration.