Source: New York Post
WASHINGTON — A federal watchdog has been investigating hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security contracts approved under former Secretary Kristi Noem and her top adviser Corey Lewandowski — and faced extensive obstruction in its oversight attempts, The Post has learned. DHS employees have been asked to preserve all records amid the DHS Office of Inspector General’s (DHS OIG) ongoing probe into fiscal year 2025 grants and contracts — including no-bid pacts related to a $220 million ad campaign starring Noem, according to three sources familiar with the matter. Investigators have also been “systematically obstructed” from other lines of inquiry — with Noem trying to fire Inspector General Joseph Cuffari twice before leaving her post only to be stopped by the White House, according to sources and records.
