The Cava Bag of Corruption
Michael Cohen
Close your eyes and picture a scene straight out of Goodfellas. A dusty Texas strip-mall parking lot, a car idling low to the ground, the late September sun cutting long shadows across the asphalt. A man gets out, glances around, and takes a bag from another pair of hands. No ceremony, no hesitation. The bag isn’t from Gucci, or even a briefcase. No — it’s from Cava, a chain that sells Mediterranean bowls. Inside? $50,000 in cash.
That man was Tom Homan; not some fictional henchman or low-level street hustler, but the soon-to-be border czar of the United States. Donald Trump’s immigration enforcer-in-waiting. And yes, the FBI had him on video taking it.
Let’s pause there. $50,000. In cash. In a restaurant takeout bag. Promising to help secure government contracts in a second Trump administration in exchange for the money. This isn’t lobbying, this isn’t influence-peddling; this is the dictionary definition of gangster politics.
And here’s what makes it worse: it happened before Trump won his second term. September 20, 2024 — six weeks before the election. Homan was a private citizen at the time, which gave him just enough legal wiggle room to avoid a straightforward bribery charge. But the intent was there. The promise was there. The tape was there. Federal prosecutors, according to multiple sources, were actively considering conspiracy, bribery, and fraud charges.
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