Oh, the sweet smell of hypocrisy sizzling on a D.C. skillet. Turns out the husband of CBS News anchor Norah O’Donnell—yes, that Norah, the one who sneers every time Trump’s name is mentioned—is apparently running a little side hustle employing illegal labor at his upscale restaurants. Who knew the resistance would come with a garnish of undocumented workers and a side of double standards?
This week, ICE paid a surprise visit to Chef Geoff Tracy’s establishments in Washington, D.C.—Chef Geoff’s in Northwest and Millie’s in Spring Valley. These aren’t your average greasy spoons. These are high-end joints, where the wine list has more syllables than the average MSNBC segment. And yet, despite all the polish and pretense, the backbone of the business seems to be built—allegedly—on illegal labor. Whoops.
Now, here’s where it gets fun. Tracy, in case you missed the connection, is married to Norah O’Donnell, CBS’s paragon of journalistic virtue, or so we’re told. You know, the one who’s been particularly frothy in her disdain for President Trump’s border policies. The woman who has spent years framing enforcement of immigration laws as cruel, racist, or worse. And yet, while she was busy condemning “Trump’s draconian crackdown,” her own family business was quietly—again, allegedly—benefiting from the very system Trump was trying to dismantle. Isn’t that precious?
Comfortably Smug hit the nail on the head with his tweet: “Norah O’Donnell, why is your husband hiring illegal aliens? Is this why you have been so hostile to Trump? Because your family profits off exploiting illegal alien labor?” It’s a valid question, one you can bet will never get asked on CBS. But it’s exactly the kind of thing normal Americans have had enough of—one rule for us, another for the liberal elite.
According to the Washington Free Beacon and reports from CBS’s own Nicole Sganga, the ICE audit was part of a broader push by the Trump administration to actually enforce the law. Imagine that—enforcing immigration law in the nation’s capital. Not burning down restaurants. Not disappearing people in the night. Just asking business owners to show they’re not employing people who shouldn’t be here.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided a Washington, DC restaurant owned by CBS News star Norah O’Donnell’s husband as part of a crackdown on illegal migrants.
Chef Geoff’s, a small chain owned by O’Donnell’s spouse Geoff Tracy, was among the handful of eateries… pic.twitter.com/RelOgYJQjk— Karli Bonne’ 🇺🇸 (@KarluskaP) May 7, 2025
That’s not fascism, that’s Tuesday. But leave it to the media class to turn it into a moral panic. The same crowd that insists background checks for a cheeseburger-flipping job are somehow equivalent to internment camps are now tripping over themselves to avoid explaining why this particular restaurant raid hits a little too close to home.
And let’s be real here—ICE isn’t exactly known for dropping in on random eateries unless there’s a pretty good reason. These inspections, officially termed “I-9 audits,” are not done just to say hello. They’re based on evidence or at least credible tips. In other words, Chef Geoff’s didn’t win a surprise audit out of a lottery—it probably earned it. And if this audit turns up undocumented workers on the payroll, well, then it’s not just hypocrisy. It’s exploitation, plain and simple.
Yet don’t expect Norah to open her next broadcast with a disclaimer about her family’s possible entanglements in the very issue she’s so eager to moralize about. The media shield their own, and when one of their golden children is caught in the act, it’s all “ongoing investigations” and “no comment.” If this had been Trump Jr.’s burger stand or some Republican donor’s brunch spot, you’d be seeing a CNN town hall and a 72-hour special on the New York Times homepage. But when it’s one of their own? Crickets.
So let’s get this straight: Trump enforces immigration law, and he’s a tyrant. A Democrat-leaning media darling’s husband gets caught (allegedly) hiring illegals, and suddenly it’s just a paperwork issue. The gall of these people would be impressive if it wasn’t so predictably nauseating. Maybe next time Norah O’Donnell wants to wax poetic about “American values,” she can start by asking her husband what his employee verification process looks like. Or maybe she’ll just keep cashing the checks and hoping ICE moves along to the next ZIP code.
Either way, Americans are watching. And they’re tired of being played.
