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Tom Homan: Old School Bag Man

The Brains by Thomas Nast.

There are three things I know for certain about Trump’s so-called Border Czar Tom Homan:

  1. He’s no relation to my late friend Michael Homan.
  2. He has a face like a clenched fist.
  3. He’s a corrupt piece of shit.

I’ve long assumed number 3 but learned for certain last week thanks to MSNBC’s Carol Leonnig and Ken Dilanian:

In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, 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, according to multiple people familiar with the probe and internal documents reviewed by MSNBC.

 

The FBI and the Justice Department planned to wait to see whether Homan would deliver on his alleged promise once he became the nation’s top immigration official. But the case indefinitely stalled soon after Donald Trump became president again in January, according to six sources familiar with the matter. In recent weeks, Trump appointees officially closed the investigation, after FBI Director Kash Patel requested a status update on the case, two of the people said.

Another day, another coverup.

The White House has denied the allegation, but Homan got all weaselly about it on Fox:

Tom Homan went on Fox News and didn’t deny taking a $50,000 bribe from an undercover FBI agent.Instead, he whined about not seeing his wife in months. What a corrupt loser.

— Mike Nellis (@mikenellis.bsky.social) 2025-09-23T01:00:04.071Z

The corrupt loser’s defense was, “I did nothing illegal.”

That’s called a non-denial denial or some such shit. As a former defense lawyer, I approve; as a citizen I do not.

It’s almost refreshing that the Czar of nothing went old school with his corruption. A bag full of money is quaint compared to the crypto corruption favored by other MAGA crooks. No fancy corruption for this smash mouth ICE-hole.

This story conjures up images of bag men past:

I’m not usually a podcast guy but Maddow’s Agnew pod was as big a winner as Spiro was a loser. He was the rare prominent Greek American of whom my father wasn’t proud. There’s always one bad apple in the barrel, just ask the Osmonds:

Back to Tom Homan. Unlike the guy in the featured image by Thomas Nast, he’s not the brains of the outfit. He’s the brawn. Now that I think of it, this is a brainless outfit led by a man who can’t pronounce acetaminophen.

Cue Monty Python GIF:

Lawrence O’Donnell had a swell segment the other night about the latest MAGA corruption scandal:

What’s not to love about a piece that cites ABSCAM, and the film inspired by it, American Hustle? I reviewed that movie and used the best line in whole damn film as the title, Don’t Put Metal In The Science Oven.

Words to live by as is MY BRAIN HURTS.

Repeat after me: The MAGA corruption, it burns.

Tom Homan is an old school bag man who deserves a proper send-off as he fends off these allegations. The last word goes to Steely Dan:

 

 

 

 

3 thoughts on “Tom Homan: Old School Bag Man”

  1. Don’t know if it was intentional or not, but in the Steely Dan song, there is a reference to another right wing crook – Daddy G – or G. Gordon Liddy, who was the local prosecutor when the event that inspired the song took place.

  2. Remember, everyone, if you need to hand a bag of cash to a corrupt MAGAt:
    use small, unmarked bills
    dust them with “fine, floaty” anthrax spores first

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