DrWeb<p><strong>Civil Discourse – Condemning Crimes—Unless They’re Your Own – Joyce Vance</strong></p><a href="https://joycevance.substack.com/p/condemning-crimesunless-theyre-your?utm_source=substack&publication_id=607357&post_id=174348293&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=1gx2e&triedRedirect=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a>Image from Article…<p><a href="https://joycevance.substack.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></p> <a class="" href="https://joycevance.substack.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a> <p><strong><a href="https://joycevance.substack.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance</a></strong></p><p><strong>Condemning Crimes—Unless They’re Your Own</strong></p><p>By <a href="https://substack.com/@joycevance" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joyce Vance</a>, Sep 23, 2025</p><p>MSNBC’s Carol Leonnig and Ken Dilanian <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/tom-homan-cash-contracts-trump-doj-investigation-rcna232568" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">reported</a> over the weekend that in “an undercover operation last year,” Trump’s braggadocious border czar Tom Homan was recorded by the FBI “accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration.” The reporters spoke with multiple people familiar with the probe and were able to review internal documents.</p><p>In November of 2024, Homan <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/12/who-is-tom-homan-trump-border-czar" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">told</a> a conservative convention “Trump comes back in January, I’ll be on his heels coming back, and I will run the biggest deportation force this country has ever seen. They ain’t seen shit yet. Wait until 2025.”</p><p>In January on the eve of Trump’s inauguration, Homan addressed people who were in this country without legal status, <a href="https://abc7.com/post/donald-trumps-border-czar-tom-homan-if-youre-country-illegally-problem-fears-ice-raids/15838467/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">saying</a>, “So if you’re in the country illegally, you got a problem.” In an April speech to the Arizona legislature he <a href="https://azmirror.com/2025/04/08/in-az-speech-trump-border-czar-tells-immigrants-they-should-be-looking-over-your-shoulder/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">said</a>, “If you’re in this country illegally, you should be looking over your shoulder. It’s not OK to enter this country illegally — it’s a crime.” In July, Homan <a href="https://news3lv.com/news/nation-world/tom-homan-vows-no-amnesty-for-undocumented-farm-workers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">stated</a> that the Trump administration will grant “no amnesty” to undocumented farmworkers, condemning businesses that “knowingly break immigration laws.”</p><p>Homan doesn’t seem to have the same tough on crime views when it comes to his own conduct.</p><a class="" href="https://i0.wp.com/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/%24s_%218Pjx%21%2Cf_auto%2Cq_auto%3Agood%2Cfl_progressive%3Asteep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9da831c6-80ce-414e-baed-0fd23bd1e34e_1200x675.jpeg?ssl=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a>Image from Article…<p>Fox News Host Laura Ingraham <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/crime/general/tom-homan-says-he-did-nothing-criminal-but-doesn-t-deny-taking-50-000-in-a-bag-from-an-undercover-fbi-agent-when-confronted-on-fox/ar-AA1N5M30" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">asked</a> him about it on Monday: “Tom, I wanna give you a chance to address this article that came out over the weekend. It was on our always reliable MSNBC, and they said that you took $50,000 in cash in a bag from an undercover FBI agent to help them win government contracts in Trump’s second term.” She continued, “The DOJ said they concluded there was no criminal wrongdoing, but nevertheless, that story is out there, and I imagine you want to respond to that.”</p><p>Homan only dug himself in deeper. He responded, “I did nothing criminal. I did nothing illegal,” but he notably didn’t deny accepting the $50,000 in cash or that the cash was payment for his promise to steer federal border contracts to undercover agents posing as business executives. He continued, “Tom Homan isn’t going anywhere, Tom Homan isn’t shutting up, and Tom Homan’s gonna keep doing what he’s doing because working with President Trump is the greatest honor of my life. We’re making this country safer again every day, and we’re gonna keep doing it.”</p><p>None of that is a denial of the reporting. Homan never said he didn’t take the money, the instinctive reaction you would expect of someone falsely accused.</p><p>White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt later denied that <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-denies-homan-took-cash-fbi-sting-slams-probe-political" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Homan</a> took the bribe money, but that raises even more questions. This was an undercover operation, which means that there would be tapes. That’s standard protocol where possible. And Carol Leonnig was quick to defend her reporting, tweeting that the investigative file reflects that Homan accepted the money.</p><a class="" href="https://i0.wp.com/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/%24s_%21a8nK%21%2Cf_auto%2Cq_auto%3Agood%2Cfl_progressive%3Asteep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F038e99be-e48c-44e0-bff9-901890b8dfe9_1496x316.png?ssl=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a>Image from Article…<p>If the White House has it right, there’s an easy way to confirm it. The case is closed. They can release the investigative file, including the tapes. The agents involved could explain what happened. Perhaps there is some legitimate confusion. The White House could easily clear that up if so. But the story has been in circulation since Saturday, and that hasn’t happened. Maybe the Homan file is with the Epstein files?</p><p>Continue/Read Original Article Here: <em><a href="https://joycevance.substack.com/p/condemning-crimesunless-theyre-your?publication_id=607357&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=1gx2e" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Condemning Crimes—Unless They’re Your Own</a></em></p> <p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/2025/" target="_blank">#2025</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/america/" target="_blank">#America</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/bribes/" target="_blank">#Bribes</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/civil-discourse/" target="_blank">#CivilDiscourse</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/crimes/" target="_blank">#Crimes</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/documents/" target="_blank">#documents</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/donald-trump/" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/education/" target="_blank">#Education</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/fbi/" target="_blank">#FBI</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/health/" target="_blank">#Health</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/history/" target="_blank">#History</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/homan/" target="_blank">#Homan</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/joyce-vance/" target="_blank">#JoyceVance</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/libraries/" target="_blank">#Libraries</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/library-of-congress/" target="_blank">#LibraryOfCongress</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/opinion/" target="_blank">#Opinion</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/politics/" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/resistance/" target="_blank">#Resistance</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/science/" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/substack/" target="_blank">#Substack</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/trump/" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/trump-administration/" target="_blank">#TrumpAdministration</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/united-states/" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a></p>