Trump Border Czar Vows Jail Time for FBI Leakers

Trump Border Czar Vows Jail Time for FBI Leakers

President Trumpโ€™s border czar Tom Homan has accused theย FBIย of leaking information about upcoming raids targeting illegal immigrantsโ€”and threatened to jail those responsible.

โ€œWe think itโ€™s coming from inside,โ€ he said, speaking toย Sean Hannityย on Fox News on Tuesday, referring to leaks to the media aboutย recent ICEย raids in Colorado.

Homan also blamed the FBI for leaked information about a large,ย upcoming raid in Californiaย thatโ€™s expected to happen before the end of the month, saying, โ€œsome of the information we are receiving tends towards the FBI.โ€

That raid is reported to be so large that FBI andย DEAย officers are being called in to support ICE officers.

Homan said it was โ€œonly a matter of timeโ€ before officers were harmed by the leaks, saying it was possible that โ€œbad guysโ€ could be sitting in wait for the officers to show up and ambush them.

Hannity asked Homan how certain he was that the FBI is involved, who replied, โ€œI talked to the deputy attorney general this week and theyโ€™ve opened up a criminal investigation. He thinks the information is coming from [the FBI].โ€

Criminal investigations are taking place to try and identify those responsible for leaking information about the raids, he said.

โ€œWeโ€™ll let that investigation play out,โ€ he said, adding, โ€œBut some of the leads point that way.โ€

If the leakers are caught, Homan threatened that โ€œnot only will this person lose their job [and] they will lose their pension, they will go to jail, theyโ€™re going to criminally prosecute,โ€ he said.

Trump came to powerย with the promiseย to carry out the โ€œlargest deportation operation in American history,โ€ but so far the raids appear to have had varying levels of effectiveness.

Raids in Chicago involved 400 agents knocking on hundreds of doors, leading toย only one arrestย of a member of the Venezualan Tren de Aragua gang.


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