'I Will Not Answer Any More of These Questions!' Tom Homan Bristles at Kristen Welker Confronting Him About Alleged $50K

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Source: Mediaite

Payoff

Border Czar Tom Homan quickly grew impatient with Kristen Welker questioning him about reports that he allegedly accepted a $50,000 payoff from undercover FBI agents.

In a tense exchange on Meet the Press, Welker — who devoted most of her questioning to Wednesday’s fatal shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis — took the opportunity to press the border czar about a topic on which he’s subjected himself to very little scrutiny in confrontational interviews.

“As you know, in an undercover operation in 2024, the FBI recorded you accepting a bag, which was determined to contain $50,000 from agents posing as business executives who said you indicated you could help win government contracts in the second Trump administration,” Welker said. “I want to stress there was an investigation. It was closed, last year. The Justice Department said it found, ‘No credible evidence of any criminal wrongdoing.’ I do want to give you an opportunity to respond, though, Mr. Homan. Where is that $50,000? Did you keep it or did you return it?”

“I didn’t take $50,000 from anybody,” Homan said — flatly denying that he accepted the cash. “And that’s a question for the FBI. I’m not going to give this story any more air. Bottom line, I did nothing illegal. I did nothing. And the FBI and DOJ reviewed this. No credible evidence I did anything, because I didn’t do anything illegal.”

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/not-answer-more-questions-tom-170237565.html

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Trump knows the best people.

[pfitz59]

1. He's guilty as sin

There was a reported video. They had him dead to rights. Bondi and Patel made it 'go away'. Criminals, the lot of them.

[Blues Heron]

2. Where's the money Tom, what did you do with it? Let's see your bank records

[COL Mustard]

10. He spent some on cheap booze and loose women

And the rest he just wasted.

(Old joke, no offense intended to anyone.)

[Bluetus]

3. well, at least he finally answered the question

but not under oath.

As soon as the Democrats have a majority in the House, this should be one of the first hearings, under oath.

It is a pretty messed up system where the minority doesn't have any opportunity to ask any questions if a person like this.

[FakeNoose]

4. Tom Homan is an idiot to go on Meet the Press

What did he expect, some kind of standing ovation? Of course Welker is going to ask about his alleged payoffs.

[Intractable]

5. He is in that job because he is corrupt. Because he is corrupt, he can be used and controlled.

[Just Jerome]

6. That little

mush mouth punk needs a prison cell.

[electric_blue68]

7. Heh, effer!

[FiveFifteen]

8. Broflake

Melting like the rest of them. They think they are a blizzard now. But the season will change.

[Grins]

9. He's right.

He’s not going to answer any questions. Period.

Welker’s guest should have been the FBI/DoJ, there to answer questions on their investigation, and if there is none - WHY???!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. MaddowBlog-White House's Homan deflects when pressed on Cava bag controversy

The FBI recorded Homan allegedly accepting $50,000 in cash as part of an undercover operation. Questions for the border czar haven’t gone away.

The FBI recorded White House border czar Tom Homan allegedly accepting ,000 in cash (in a Cava bag) as part of an undercover operation.

He wants the questions to go away.

They aren’t.

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-01-12T20:54:57.469Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/white-houses-homan-deflects-when-pressed-on-cava-bag-controversy

It was September when MS NOW was first to report on an undercover FBI operation from 2024 in which Tom Homan was recorded accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help agents, who were posing as business executives, win government contracts in a second Trump administration.....

Two weeks later, the controversial official sat down with NBC News’ Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press” and faced questions about the controversy.

WELKER: Where is that ,000? Did you keep it?

HOMAN: I didn't take k from anybody & that's a question for the FBI. Bottom line I did nothing illegal.

WELKER: But was there k in the bag?

HOMAN: I'm not addressing it

WELKER: But did you keep the money?

HOMAN: k is ridiculous

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-01-11T15:12:52.619Z

.....Pressed further on whether he kept or returned the money, Homan described the matter as “ridiculous,” adding, “I will not answer any more of these questions.”

Asked whether he’d be comfortable with the FBI releasing the recordings of his interactions with the undercover agents, he concluded, “I am not going to get ahead of the FBI. That’s their decision.”

University of Michigan law professor Barbara McQuade, a former U.S. attorney and an MS NOW legal analyst, noted in response to the exchange, “It doesn’t take a trained ear to hear the deflections.”,,,,'

Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, three Democratic senators — Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Adam Schiff of California, each of whom serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee — filed a Freedom of Information Act request in November with the Justice Department’s criminal division, demanding a variety of details related to the case.

It’s not yet clear when, or if, the senators will receive the answers they’re looking for. Watch this space.