October 16, 2025 – Tom Homan addresses the $50K bribe accusations

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It’s one thing to throw political punches, right? It’s quite another to cross the line into pure defamation. But that’s exactly what happened when Dem Senator Mazie Hirono decided to smear Border Czar Tom Homan with a baseless claim that he took a $50,000 bribe.

You’d think a sitting senator would know better than to hurl accusations with zero evidence, right? But thanks to congressional privilege, our beloved elected officials can say just about anything they want on the House or Senate floor and face zero consequences. That’s not an exaggeration; it’s literally written into law.

Members of Congress are protected by the “Speech or Debate Clause,” which grants them absolute immunity for what they say in official legislative acts. That means they can lie through their teeth on the floor, and nobody can sue them. Honestly, it’s insane, and it’s one of the many ways DC protects itself while regular Americans get raked over the coals for way less.

(…) This is what passes for “debate” in today’s Dem Party, slinging fake accusations recklessly with no accountability. It’s why the public’s trust in Congress is literally circling the drain. It’s time to revisit those congressional protections. If the Founders knew today’s politicians would weaponize immunity to smear their opponents, they would’ve written that clause a helluva lot differently.

But to his credit, Tom Homan didn’t dodge or deflect on this accusation. When Bill O’Reilly asked him point-blank about the bribery claim, he looked him dead in the eye and said, “I didn’t take $50,000 from anybody.”

Overton:

Bill O’Reilly asked Tom Homan if he wanted to clarify anything about the $50,000 bribe in front of a live audience.

The Border Czar looked O’Reilly dead in the eyes and said:

“I didn’t take $50,000 from anybody.”

Then Homan revealed something that those accusing him of taking bribes probably don’t know:

“Day one I came back, I recused myself from any discussions, of any contact or any monetary decisions like that because I used to have a company that did consulting.”

“So I cleared myself day one.”

“What people don’t talk about is I took a significant, huge pay cut to come back and serve my nation.”

“I am not enriching myself doing this job.”

O’Reilly asked Homan: “Does this make you angry that they’re coming at you this way?”

Homan’s response woke up the crowd:

“I don’t care what people think about me, I never have because I know who I am. I work for the greatest president in the history of this nation in my opinion.”

“And we’re doing the right thing every day.”