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   The biggest bombshells about Kristi Noem and her top aide Corey   
   Lewandowski from the Wall Street Journal's expose   
   Newspaper describes 'constant chaos' at Department of Homeland Security   
   under Noem's leadership   
   By Joe Sommerlad   
   The Independent   
   Friday 13 February 2026 10:00 EST   
      
   A bombshell report has alleged that the Department of Homeland Security   
   is in a state of "constant chaos" under the leadership of Secretary   
   Kristi Noem and her top adviser Corey Lewandowski.   
      
   The Wall Street Journal cites sources within the department who are   
   highly critical of Noem's reign and paints an unflattering portrait of   
   the secretary as a politician who has sought to "burnish her personal   
   stardom at every turn."   
      
   Noem has "staged a headline grabbing immigration crackdown while   
   sidelining rivals and dissenters," the newspaper states, noting the   
   secretary's penchant for posing in agency-branded flak jackets and caps   
   and bearing guns as props "all with an eye to her style, with TV-ready   
   hair and makeup."   
      
   It reports that President Donald Trump has entertained calls to fire   
   Noem and Lewandowski amid discontent about their management of the   
   department, although he has so far refrained from doing so.   
      
   Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told The Independent: "Mr   
   Lewandowski serves as an advisor to the secretary. The secretary, like   
   all previous secretaries, has various senior advisors. This department   
   doesn't waste time with salacious, baseless gossip - we have actual   
   work to do keeping the American homeland and its citizens safe.   
   Something the last administration failed to do for four years."   
      
   A departmental spokesperson previously challenged a number of the   
   points raised by the WSJ. Here's a look at some of the key claims made   
   against the secretary in its report.   
      
   Trump 'uncomfortable' with Noem and Lewandowski's relationship   
      
   It has long been rumored that the secretary and her top adviser, both   
   of whom are married, have engaged in an extramarital affair. They have   
   repeatedly denied the allegations and the secretary has called them a   
   "disgusting lie."   
      
   The WSJ nevertheless revives them and reports that "the close   
   relationship had already made Trump and his top advisers   
   uncomfortable," adding that the president had rejected the idea of   
   Lewandowski serving as Noem's chief of staff "due to reports of a   
   romantic relationship between the two - which he has continued to bring   
   up, officials say."   
      
   The newspaper reports that Noem moved into a government-owned   
   waterfront house on a military base in Washington, D.C., provided for   
   the head of the Coast Guard, after tabloid photos of Lewandowski   
   "showed him going back and forth between his apartment and Noem's   
   across the street last year."   
      
   A DHS spokesperson told the WSJ that Noem had moved into the house for   
   security reasons and said she pays rent at the property.   
      
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