Offering a new defense of President Trump’s border tsar, Tom Homan, the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said Monday that Mr. Homan “never” took a $50,000 cash payment from undercover FBI agents. According to a report from MSNBC, Mr. Homan was investigated for possibly taking bribes before Mr. Trump returned to the White House in exchange for awarding government contracts to certain firms. The MSNBC report detailed how two FBI agents were involved in paying Mr. Homan $50,000 in cash as part of the investigation. Ms. Leavitt on Monday asserted that Mr. Homan, in fact, received no cash from undercover agents. According to his financial disclosure, Mr. Homan earned more than $450,000 in 2023 and 2024 from consulting jobs and speaking engagements.