Devlin Barrett

So once that businessman just sort of proposes this notion that the undercover agents could pay Tom Homan to get government contracts, a series of conversations follow.

This investigation goes on for a long time, but eventually a meeting is set up for September 20th, 2024.

And at that meeting, my sources tell me the undercover agents bring $50,000 in cash.

And that cash is put in a takeout food bag, a bag from the chain Kava.

So what has been described to me is at that meeting,

Homan both accepts the cash and seems to convey that he's willing to help them get contracts in the future.

We don't know exactly what he says, and that's obviously a big question in this whole process.

But we do know that the FBI agents made an audio recording of the meeting.

So somewhere in government files there exists, I am told, an audio recording of this discussion.

And what's been described to me is that Homan accepts the cash and leaves.

And that's a great start to an investigation.

You've got a lot to work with there, right?

Because the person you're investigating has taken the money and appears to have agreed to do things in exchange for the money.

But that's not really the end of the investigation.

Why not?

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.