Vice President Vance on Sunday accused ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos of nursing a “fake scandal” regarding White House border czar Tom Homan.
Stephanopoulos, during Sunday Morning Edition “this week,” Vance was asked whether Homan had kept or returned the alleged $50,000 bribe. Vance shrugged it off, saying the media was “going after Homan” because he was doing his job in law enforcement.
“You’re focused on a fake story, you’re committing criminal wrongdoing against a person who has done nothing wrong, instead of focusing on the fact that our country is struggling because our government is shut down,” Vance said.
The vice president also blamed Democrats and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for the shutdown, saying that as a result, low-income women are struggling to buy food and members of the military will be doing the same. They will not get their next salary On 15 October.
Stephanopoulos then ended the interview, cutting off Vance and going to take a break. one in Post Social platform later on Sunday peace agreement Proposed by the Trump Administration, the effects of Chinese rare earth and magnet ban On global supply chains and ongoing shutdowns.
,[Stephanopoulos is] To focus on the real story here: a fake scam involving Tom Homan,” the Vice President said.
Homan, According To multiple reportshad accepted sums of money from undercover FBI agents posing as business executives in exchange for assistance in obtaining government contracts upon President Trump’s return to office last September.
Near the White House and Homan rejected The Department of Justice (DOJ) closed the case after Trump took office. FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Attorney General told the New York Times Last month prosecutors found “no credible evidence of any criminal wrongdoing” by Homan.
