Vice President JD Vance appeared on ABC's This Week Sunday for an interview with host George Stephanopoulos. The segment, which was part of a broader discussion on topics like U.S. troop deployments to Israel and the ongoing government shutdown, quickly escalated into a tense confrontation over bribery allegations against Tom Homan, the Trump administration's Border Czar.
The exchange lasted about five minutes and ended abruptly when Stephanopoulos cut Vance off mid-sentence and transitioned to a commercial break.
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The confrontation centered on a September 2024 FBI undercover operation, where Homan—then a former ICE director—was recorded allegedly accepting $50,000 in cash from agents posing as lobbyists. The tape, which surfaced during a Senate hearing the previous week, raised questions about whether Homan kept the money or returned it, and if it influenced his advocacy for government contracts.
Homan and the administration have denied any wrongdoing, calling it a "debunked hoax" and "ridiculous smear," insisting no laws were broken and that the story has been "covered ad nauseum" without evidence of criminality.
Attorney General Pam Bondi defended Homan during the hearing, snapping at a senator for "slandering" him. Stephanopoulos framed the question factually, citing the audio tape, but Vance viewed it as a partisan distraction amid pressing national issues like the government shutdown caused by Senate Democrats blocking funding.