Trump's Border Patrol chief accused of regularly soliciting sex workers abroad

[cbabe]

https://www.rawstory.com/michael-banks-border-patrol/

Trump's Border Patrol chief accused of regularly soliciting sex workers abroad

Matthew Chapman
April 1, 2026 10:55AM ET

Six current and former Border Patrol agents are coming forward to accuse the agency's chief, Michael Banks, of repeatedly soliciting sex workers while overseas, reported the conservative Washington Examiner on Wednesday.

"Banks 'bragged' to colleagues while in his previous management role at Border Patrol about paying for sex with prostitutes while traveling in Colombia and Thailand over the course of a decade," said the report. "Banks’ behavior was said to have been investigated by Customs and Border Protection officials twice, including last year, but the investigation ended abruptly while Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was in office, leading to more questions."

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[Aristus]

1. Who brags about hiring prostitutes?

Isn’t that just a confession that you can’t get sex unless you pay for it?

[mopinko]

3. suspect the brag is the age of the so-called prostitutes.

dont think u go all the way to thailand go have sex w adult women.

[Aristus]

4. So, someone else bragging about raping children.

Yeah, he fits right in with this gang of monsters.

[mopinko]

5. i assumed.

and worked backward from there.

[AZJonnie]

7. Yeah, no. Some people absolutely do travel all the way to Thailand for sex with non-minors.

However, the fact that the dude was being formally investigated is what suggests to me that your suspicion may be correct. Not sure authorities are going to bother with such an investigation if there's no tie-in to sex tourism involving minors, specifically. AFAIK, it's not illegal to travel somewhere to have sex with NON-minors (nor should it be IMHO, similar to how it's not illegal for US citizens to fly to Amsterdam to smoke pot or go to the red-light district), so why bother with an investigation ........ unless?

[Turbineguy]

2. Trump...

never mind.

[dalton99a]

6. Kick