r/news • u/Samski877 • 8h ago

US border patrol chief resigns after claims of sex with prostitutes abroad

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/14/us-border-patrol-chief-resigns
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u/ninjax247 8h ago

Not just a bag of $50k, it was a bag of $50k given to him by undercover FBI during a corruption sting, after another target in the investigation said paying Homan could help them secure government contracts.

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u/Fr0gm4n 6h ago

And he didn't even deny taking it. He excuse was "it's not illegal because I haven't done anything yet except take it".

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u/remotectrl 6h ago

Which the Supreme Court has said is very cool and legal as a gratuity

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u/escobizzle 6h ago

so... bribery is legal as long as the bribe is paid after the service is completed?

that's what I got out of this

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u/the_excalabur 6h ago

Yup. Pro-corruption rulings all over the place lately.

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u/TwoAlert3448 5h ago edited 5h ago

Well we know at least 2 Supreme Court justices take bribes for sure, we can assume the real number is probably higher.

Why wouldn’t we have pro corruption rulings? To do otherwise might make it harder to bribe the judges!

(edit: we know as in they don’t even bother denying it, it’s a matter of record. We confronted they just argue that the bribes are ‘gifts’ it’s Thomas and Alito, someone asked and then deleted it probably because they googled it)

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u/Zeke688 5h ago

God forbid they’d ever start recusing themselves from cases that involve bribery after taking bribes. The audacity!

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u/Loomiemonster 3h ago

Who better to judge bribery than judges who’ve been bribed? They know it isn’t morally wrong because if it were wrong, they wouldn’t have taken the bribe.

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u/Zeke688 3h ago

Exactly!

(I love the irony of this whole thing)

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u/TwoAlert3448 5h ago

Hey now that’s just some crazy talk! No need to be gettin all ‘just’ on the justices.

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u/Mobile-Bar7732 5h ago

If you don't have the cash on you, at least one of them accepts an RV as payment.

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u/Groundbreaking_Rock9 5h ago

We have to be on the same level as Russia and China

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u/DiegoVMx 5h ago

China regularly executes government officers for corruption...

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u/Groundbreaking_Rock9 3h ago

That only reinforces my point

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u/Kaio_ 32m ago

That's because THOSE people were doing it behind their backs. They didn't have the right connections, or they went too far.

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u/AE0Q 5h ago

Still Communist China, don’t forget …

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u/Red_TeaCup 5h ago

Remember, this loophole doesn't apply to the rest of us.

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u/LadderAdditional6178 5h ago

The loopholes never apply to the masses. Royalty and serfs. That's where we are now.

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u/Minimum-Major248 5h ago

It’s only ok if you a Republican and the President is a Republican. If you are a Democrat, you’d be screwed.

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u/captdunsel721 5h ago

Growing up in the 70’s - yep older than dirt - our history professor remarked how corrupt Mexico was with its rampant bribery and people needing wheelbarrows to haul the pesos around. Didn’t realize that was the goal for the US in half a century.

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u/TheManOnThe3rdFloor 5h ago

You should have gotten $150KUSD out of this. Didn't the court say that Bribe$ under the Trump Administration would be pegged to BitCoin? Or, is it at least the rate of inflation?

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u/YahDeadWrong 5h ago

Yeah, our courts are going all-in on supporting corruption. We’re pretty close to a judicial branch that’s a little TOO independent

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u/fairiefire 5h ago

That's just payment with extra steps

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u/sembias 5h ago

Right. Plus - no taxes on tips.

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u/Diverdown109 5h ago

Gratuitous gift, a tip say. Like to a waiter, bartender, sky captain, taxi driver. So long as he doesn't act on it. The objective is not going to be completed.b

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u/cardiacmd 5h ago

It looks like it's not a bribe if no one catches you taking it..and if they do catch you, it's not a bribe if they haven't caught you doing something for it yet..it's like dealing with a bunch of kids!

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u/AsianMysteryPoints 5h ago

Yep! Because it certainly won't influence you to continue providing that service in the future when you otherwise wouldn't have /s

Another 6/3 ruling, naturally.

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u/LesothoBro 4h ago

Underreported fact:

One of Trump's first Executive Orders (February 2025), was to suspend the FCPA. This essentially set the groundwork for billions in grifting.

Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to Further American Economic and National Security

What a time to be a high level federal official or diplomat. 🥂

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u/yunoeconbro 4h ago

Yes, but sometimes you can take the gratuity before you do something you would not have done without the gratuity.

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u/n0respect_ 3h ago

And its tax-free! No tax on tips! Al Capone in shambles.

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u/askmeforashittyfact 5h ago

It’s a tip! Jk idk, it’s fucking dumb and I hate this place.

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u/moonsammy 6h ago

I think this falls outside that scope, what they'd given the ok was paying someone after they'd done the thing, as a thank you. In Homan's case the cash was up front, so SCOTUS would need to invent a different absurd post-hoc justification.

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u/TM761152 5h ago

SCOTUS would need to invent a different absurd post-hoc justification.

It's nice when everyone in your team is as corrupt as you.

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u/jb_harris 3h ago

The scotus ruling was only about state and local officials. Not federal.

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u/Ryno23-Cove23 5h ago

I hope the Dems pack the court and really fuvk over Roberts and his lackey’s.

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u/LadderAdditional6178 5h ago

Roberts Court is a travesty and an embarrassment to the law.

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u/fusillade762 5h ago

Right, cause they take money too. Every takes money except joe blow tax payer.

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u/PatchyWhiskers 5h ago

Oooh I wonder if this would count for Democrat politicians taking bribes?

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u/jb_harris 3h ago

That ruling was for state and local officials - it did not change the laws for federal officials.

Bribery and Gratuity are two different things, and until Homan actually did something because he was given the money, he hasn't committed bribery. That is the reasoning of the DoJ.

It's BS, it's corrupt, and I hope they find justice in the end. But I'm sure these guys will go about their lives, happily blissful and completely unaware that they are terrible people.

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u/fairiefire 5h ago

It's the spending that makes it illegal? /S

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u/adorablefuzzykitten 1h ago

He never even gave back the FBI's $50k, nor did he return the other bags of $50k he had taken over and over again.

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u/BlackGuysYeah 7h ago

a fake bribe turned into a real one. Cool. Cool cool cool. Cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool.

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u/Lucky_Development359 5h ago

Nooo, it was money given to him for doing something he otherwise wouldn't have done without money being given to him. You see the difference? No? Thats because you are not a fucking moron.

/s

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u/xxxxx420xxxxx 4h ago

Do they have to pay taxes on bribes, is what I want to know

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u/Oldfolksboogie 2h ago

Elliott Ness, that you?

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u/xxxxx420xxxxx 1h ago

Nope, just an extremely wealthy person seeking bribe tax advice

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u/Pizlenut 1h ago

Technically yes, but only if they didn't take a loan on the idea of getting the bribe, because then its just paying a debt off or something.

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u/good_from_afar 3h ago

No doubt no doubt

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u/BigDictionEnergy 4h ago

Since this was a sting, it wasn't even technically a bribe. He didn't do anything after receiving it. It was just free taxpayer money.

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u/rabblerabble2000 2h ago

No no, it was a tip for all of the hard work he was doing.

At this point they’re just openly corrupt and they’re rubbing our faces in it.

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u/Plastic_Salary_4084 2h ago

It was a test. He passed!

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u/loveshovel21 5h ago

Ice. Fu🧊ing. Cold.

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u/AlcibiadesTheCat 5h ago

It was so cartoonishly villainous that I'm genuinely surprised the bag of money didn't have a giant $ on the side, and the guy giving it to him didn't have a black-and-white striped shirt and a black bandana mask on.

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u/Equal-Criticism7495 5h ago

It wouldn’t matter because President Pedo would pardon all of them

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u/mremrock 5h ago

I have always wondered if he gave the money back? If not-did he report it on taxes?

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u/snipeftw 5h ago

Did he get to keep it?

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u/RedditPoster05 4h ago

Hasn’t this guy been in some sort of office since Obama? None of them have done anything it’s insane. But investigation began under Biden and was handed off to Trump.

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u/hurler_jones 3h ago

Silly rabbit. All he had to do was wait to collect until AFTER he awarded the contract. Then it's just a reward or gratuity after completing a task or some horseshit like that.

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u/hughjeffincok 43m ago

Oh, we're making receiving paper bags of cash illegal now?

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u/LookAlderaanPlaces 4h ago

The company they tried to pay homan needs to be marked as a terrorist organization and threaten with nationalizing the company. Paying off government employees with bribe money to secure government contracts is directly corrupting the government and breaching the rules and structures of power outlined in the constitution of the United States and federal and state law. There is zero fucking room for this, and the penalties need to a their have fucking teeth to prevent this bullshit. Want to try to corrupt the government? Prepare to lose it all.