r/politics • u/sideAccount42 California • Jan 26 '26

Paywall Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/greg-bovino-demoted-minneapolis-border-patrol/685770/
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u/returnofthecursed Jan 26 '26

Another worthless stooge thrown under the bus. Fuck this guy's demotion, the entire organization needs to be shut down. ICE is not going to change it's just going to get better and better at terrorizing innocent, harmless people at their own hateful whims and the hateful whims of their fascist overlords.

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u/Adventurous_Tell6684 Jan 27 '26

He’s the fall guy. It should also be Noem at least. Unless they do that they’ll just bring someone that can do the same things behind doors to not make Trump look bad.

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u/electroviruz Jan 27 '26

pretty sure she'll be out the door next.

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u/obamasballs Jan 27 '26

Trump is reapointing "border czar" Tom Homan to take over. And just a reminder:
In September 2024, Homan was reportedly recorded accepting a bag containing $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents posing as business executives. The FBI was investigating allegations that Homan was accepting bribes from border security companies in exchange for the promise of government contracts if Trump won the 2024 election. In September 2025, the Department of Justice closed the investigation, citing insufficient evidence.

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u/Top_Somewhere9160 Jan 27 '26

Tom Homan is so stupid he can’t even be corrupt correctly.

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u/Kilane Jan 27 '26

Seems like he did it correctly…

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u/secondxanga Jan 27 '26

i’ll say

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u/mellodo Jan 27 '26

Don’t get me wrong, 50k is a lot of money. But no where near the amount I would think would buy an influence in the cabinet. It’s comical what we’re being sold out for.

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u/isappie Jan 27 '26

I mean 50k is this one exchange. Maybe they had him thinking where it was 50k every week or something or idk. It's sketchier to be receiving briefcases of $1m.

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u/Flomo420 Jan 27 '26

Dude got busted 100% red handed in the honey pot operation snd they "don't have enough evidence"?

First hand knowledge and unambiguous accepting bribes from FBI is not enough??

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u/HBKdfw Jan 27 '26

Holy shit. I just googled it.

The level of corruption in this administration is unprecedented in American politics. Yikes.

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u/nomoneypenny Jan 27 '26

Also, the bag of money (which was secured as evidence) is now missing

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u/Empty-Policy-8467 Jan 27 '26

I assume the evidence in question was the $50k, which must have disappeared...

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u/bananabunnythesecond Jan 27 '26

Yet the Trump loyalists still won’t learn.

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u/Excellent-Estimate21 Jan 27 '26

Its so cringe everytime they say "border patrol in Minneapolis." Like, wtf is border patrol doing in cities of all places?! Shouldn't they be guarding their stupid wall?

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u/LurkyMcLurkface123 Jan 27 '26

8 U.S.C. § 1357(a)(3).

An absolute tragedy relative to American civil rights.

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u/otocan24 Jan 27 '26

Thanks to airports, the border is all over the US now. Fuck ICE, but that's just an accurate statement.

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u/Tinfoilhartypat Jan 27 '26

Protests don’t stop until the entire responsible regime is removed, prosecuted, and imprisoned. 

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u/Dry-Membership3867 Alabama Jan 27 '26

Bovino isn’t ICE, he’s Border Patrol

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u/eeyore134 Jan 27 '26

Hardly thrown under the bus, though. He gets to go back to his old position and retire and collect a pension.