Andrew Harnik / Getty Images Donald Trump’s transition team was reportedly warned days before he took office that his incoming border czar was facing a bribery probe—something that would have been flagged earlier if the president-elect had not foregone background checks. According to a Tuesday report by MS NOW , Trump-friendly Judge Emil Bove, then an official on Trump’s transition team, was alerted to allegations against Tom Homan by a Justice Department lawyer shortly before the president’s inauguration. Homan had been accused of accepting $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents who posed as businessmen seeking his help in getting federal border security contracts. Bove is said to have “closed his eyes and grimaced” upon reading the allegations. But Trump had already named Homan as his incoming border czar months earlier, on Nov. 10, and his appointment went on as planned. It’s unclear if Bove notified other Trump officials of the bribery probe, or how Homan went on to obtain a security clearance. Read more at The Daily Beast.