Democrats seize on Tom Homan bribery probe, seek access to FBI recording

Source: MSNBC News

Sept. 24, 2025, 3:58 PM EDT


It’s been a few days since the public learned about the bribery controversy surrounding White House border czar Tom Homan, and this clearly has not escaped the attention of congressional Democrats. The New York Times reported that members from both chambers have already opened separate investigations into the matter. From the article:

In a letter on Monday, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee demanded that Attorney General Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, provide ‘all recordings from Mr. Homan’s meeting,’ all of their investigative material and any communications between the White House and their agencies over the case.

“Your reported effort to shut down this investigation appears to be a brazen cover-up to protect Donald Trump’s allies, at a time when the D.O.J. and F.B.I. are also being ordered to aggressively pursue prosecution of Donald Trump’s political enemies,” the Democrats wrote in the letter, which was led by Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the committee.

Around the same time, two Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee — Illinois’ Dick Durbin and California’s Adam Schiff — sent letters to the FBI and DOJ, asking that “recordings of Mr. Homan receiving cash from undercover FBI agents” be turned over.

Read more: https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/democrats-seize-tom-homan-bribery-probe-seek-access-fbi-recording-rcna233528

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Link to PRESS RELEASE - Judiciary Democrats Demand DOJ, FBI Release Recordings of Tom Homan Receiving $50,000 Cash Bribe

Link to LETTER (inquiry) (PDF) - https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2025-09-22.raskin-nadler-lofgren-et-al-to-bondi-doj-patel-fbi-re-homan-1.pdf