“Nothing to it” is how border czar Tom Homan described the allegations that in September 2024, according to sources familiar with the case who spoke to The New York Times, he was recorded accepting $50,000 stuffed into a bag from the fast-casual chain Cava from undercover FBI agents. The FBI agents were initially investigating a different target, per sources who spoke to the Times, and were posing as businessmen looking for government contracts along the border. But when Trump returned to office in January, Homan began overseeing his shock-and-awe immigration crackdown. According to sources familiar with the matter who spoke to MSNBC, the FBI probe stalled soon after Trump took office, and in recent weeks, it was formally shut down. “But if you are an opponent of the president, you may find yourself in jail.”