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According to the Journal, President Donald Trump and his advisors are “uncomfortable” with Noem and Lewandowski’s “close relationship.”
“Lewandowski had initially wanted to formally serve as Noem’s chief of staff, but Trump rejected the idea due to reports of a romantic relationship between the two—which he has continued to bring up, officials say,” it reported. “After tabloid photos of Lewandowski showed him going back and forth between his apartment and Noem’s across the street last year, the secretary moved into a government-owned waterfront house on a military base in Washington that is provided to the leader of the U.S. Coast Guard. ... Lewandowski also spends time at the house. ... Lewandowski and Noem, who are both married, have publicly denied the reports of the affair, but people said they do little to hide their relationship inside the department.”
Per the Journal, the White House Counsel’s office “opened an inquiry into Lewandowski’s potential abuse” of his position last year, and officials say his involvement in awarding government contracts while still being employed in the private sector [Corey is a special government employee like Musk was] ... “has raised alarm bells inside the White House and DHS.”
“Noem routinely berated staff if she saw Homan on TV and kept track of both their appearances to make sure she was on TV more than him, according to people familiar with the matter."
In one instance, Noem “had to switch planes after a maintenance issue was discovered, but her blanket wasn’t moved to the second plane.” She is alleged to have tried to fire the Coast Guard pilot responsible for flying her, who was told to take a commercial flight home. The pilot was reinstated, though, after Noem and her team realized that they didn’t have another pilot to fly them home.
In an incident last year that rankled some senior staff at the agency, Lewandowski made it known to top ICE officials that he wanted to be issued a law-enforcement badge and a federally issued gun, according to people familiar with his push. Officials are typically only issued a badge and a gun after undergoing law-enforcement training.
[One guy interviewed to be head of ICE, but when he wouldn't make with the gun, he was not selected. A top ICE lawyer also declined to sign off on it. He was put on leave, demoted, and shipped to FEMA. Ultimately Corey got his gun, with Noem's autopen finishing the paperwork.]
“Lewandowski had initially wanted to formally serve as Noem’s chief of staff, but Trump rejected the idea due to reports of a romantic relationship between the two—which he has continued to bring up, officials say,” it reported. “After tabloid photos of Lewandowski showed him going back and forth between his apartment and Noem’s across the street last year, the secretary moved into a government-owned waterfront house on a military base in Washington that is provided to the leader of the U.S. Coast Guard. ... Lewandowski also spends time at the house. ... Lewandowski and Noem, who are both married, have publicly denied the reports of the affair, but people said they do little to hide their relationship inside the department.”
Per the Journal, the White House Counsel’s office “opened an inquiry into Lewandowski’s potential abuse” of his position last year, and officials say his involvement in awarding government contracts while still being employed in the private sector [Corey is a special government employee like Musk was] ... “has raised alarm bells inside the White House and DHS.”
“Noem routinely berated staff if she saw Homan on TV and kept track of both their appearances to make sure she was on TV more than him, according to people familiar with the matter."
In one instance, Noem “had to switch planes after a maintenance issue was discovered, but her blanket wasn’t moved to the second plane.” She is alleged to have tried to fire the Coast Guard pilot responsible for flying her, who was told to take a commercial flight home. The pilot was reinstated, though, after Noem and her team realized that they didn’t have another pilot to fly them home.
In an incident last year that rankled some senior staff at the agency, Lewandowski made it known to top ICE officials that he wanted to be issued a law-enforcement badge and a federally issued gun, according to people familiar with his push. Officials are typically only issued a badge and a gun after undergoing law-enforcement training.
[One guy interviewed to be head of ICE, but when he wouldn't make with the gun, he was not selected. A top ICE lawyer also declined to sign off on it. He was put on leave, demoted, and shipped to FEMA. Ultimately Corey got his gun, with Noem's autopen finishing the paperwork.]
is what takes down this authoritarian lawbreaker and puppy-killer, then so be it.
