The Tom Homan Bribery Story Has the Press Convinced of His Guilt – Despite the Lack of Evidence

The Tom Homan Bribery Story Has the Press Convinced of His Guilt – Despite the Lack of Evidence

"But when it comes to the accusation of accepting a bribe, this is a severe charge, one that carries plenty of accountability. It also carries with it the need to have very firm proof. Something we have yet to see materialize."

. . . "The claim being reported is that the FBI set up a sting to target Tom Homan last summer. (Note the lack of outrage over the Biden administration targeting his opponents and weaponizing the DOJ.) Undercover agents were posing as businessmen from security companies with an interest in border/immigration policy. They allegedly paid Homan $50,000 in cash, placed in a Cava restaurant take-out bag. This exchange was recorded on surveillance, and the FBI was awaiting Homan sending administration contracts to these agents to establish that a bribe was paid.

"On first blush, this sounds really bad for Homan, as he was supposedly captured on tape accepting a bribe - but the details start to blur the accusations. First, Homan at the time was working as a private consultant, so striking deals of this nature are not uncommon (cash in take-out bags are not necessarily unique). The other disqualifying aspect is that in his role at the time, Homan had no power in issuing work contracts, though it would probably be argued that he could influence the process in some capacity.

"Now, the real questions emerge when looking at the details of this money exchange. Right now, there are competing claims that this handoff was captured on video, with others saying it is an audio recording of the bribe taking place. One question -- if this tape is purely audio, how would the mention of the restaurant bag being used come to be known, unless someone noted this out loud during the exchange? This is a ham-fisted way of getting that detail recorded.

"Yet here is where we get to the most disqualifying detail in all of this hysterical reporting – no one has actually seen or heard this claimed evidence.

"The story first broke with a shared MSNBC report from disreputable intelligence correspondent Ken Dilanian and Carol Leonning, who recently fled the Washington Post. Dilanian’s participation is all the reason to begin looking at this story with deep skepticism. He was a key participant in the Russian collusion hoax and is a known mouthpiece for the deep state intel community." . . .