21-04-2025
Thief steals Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem's bag with thousands in cash while dining in Washington
A thief stole
the purse of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem
while she was dining at a restaurant in downtown Washington, D.C.,
on Sunday.
Noem's bag contained her DHS access badge and roughly $3,000 in cash, according to CNN's sources within law enforcement familiar with the incident. The bag also contained her driver's license, apartment keys, passport, medication, blank checks, makeup bag, etc.
The secretary's Secret Service team reviewed the restaurant's security camera footage and saw an unknown masked white male stealing the bag before exiting the establishment.
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An investigation is underway into the incident, including efforts to trace the thief using Noem's financial instruments, CNN reported.
Noem has been at the helm of U.S. President
Donald Trump's
administrative effort to launch a sweeping immigration crackdown and round up undocumented immigrants, as well as alleged gang members, before sending them to a notorious El Salvador prison.
She faced substantial heat recently after
a video went viral showing her holding a rifle the wrong way.
The video was part of the recent surge in deportation efforts. Viewers noted how Noem was holding the gun, and that the barrel was pointed at the head of one of the agents standing beside her.
Noem has always been an immigration hardliner. During her time in Congress, Noem supported the restriction on accepting refugees from "terrorist-controlled regions."
She has also voiced support for
Texas
Gov. Greg Abbott's idea of delivering razor wire for the southern border and protested against South Dakota receiving homeless migrants.
Noem is no stranger to controversies.
The former 33rd South Dakota Governor revealed in detail how she has previously killed a dog and a goat, as reported in her book, "No Going Back: The Truth on What's Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward." The backlash that followed hurt her chances of being considered for Trump's vice president shortlist.
In the book, she shared that she once killed her 14-month-old wirehair pointer, Cricket, when the puppy did not live up to the standards of an ideal hunting dog.
Noem called Cricket "untrainable" and says she put him down by gunshot in a gravel pit. She later argued that those anecdotes were meant to demonstrate how she is capable of doing "gruesome jobs in life when necessary."
She also wrote of her family owning a male goat that was 'nasty and mean,' possibly because he had not been castrated. Noem says she later shot the goat dead.
Recently, Noem was criticized for her hefty
travel expense reports, which were publicized.
The Associated Press analyzed her travel records and determined that she had accrued more than $150,000 in expenses tied to her political and personal activity.
