Devlin Barrett
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272 appearances
3 recordings
2 series
first heard Oct 2025
last heard 9 Jun
Devlin Barrett’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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For a couple of reasons.
One, because there was no very specific act that he agreed to do in exchange for that money.
And two, it's important to remember, at the time he takes the money, Tom Homan is still not a government official.
He certainly can't make the Biden administration, which was running the government at that time, award contracts.
So in the moment the cash is handed over, Homan really can't deliver even if he wants to.
Right.
The investigators thought of it as this is the start of the relationship.
This is the start of the process.
Right.
It wasn't necessarily that you give him this $50,000 and then he immediately starts doing things for you.
One source described it as, you know, they paid money to make a friend in a regular corruption investigation.
There would naturally be follow-up meetings, maybe follow-up payments.
That's certainly a possibility in such an investigation scenario.
Exactly.
They have a very strong start to a case.
They have very good evidence and they have a very good basis to proceed with their investigation.
And then Trump wins the election.
And within days of Trump winning the election, the president-elect announces that Tom Homan will become his border czar.
And not many people know the ins and outs of these czar positions that government and White Houses sometimes announce.
It's not something you're nominated for.
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