Kristi Noem grilled on ‘sexual relations’ with Corey Lewandowski — at House hearing her husband attended
Key Points:
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem declined to deny an alleged affair with top aide Corey Lewandowski during testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, calling the questions "garbage" and refusing to directly answer.
- Lawmakers pressed Noem on the potential conflict of interest and national security risks posed by a possible relationship with Lewandowski, a longtime Trump strategist and special government employee at DHS.
- Noem's husband, Bryon, attended the hearing but left before the more contentious questioning about her personal life began.
- Rep. Jared Moskowitz confronted Noem with repeated allegations and presented a symbolic gift referencing a separate controversy about a lost Coast Guard blanket, which Noem denied.
- Corey Lewandowski, once Trump’s 2016 campaign