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Trumpworld troublemaker Corey Lewandowski may have been prohibited from officially joining his rumored on-again, off-again side squeeze Kristi Noem at the Department of Homeland Security as the new secretary’s chief of staff.
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The pair have been dogged by persistent rumors of an affair, which they both naturally deny. But President Trump’s personal intervention in the matter apparently wasn’t enough to keep lovebirds apart.
Lewandowski, who holds the temporary designation of “special government employee” at DHS also appears to be doing other special jobs for Noem—including domestic chores. Lewandowski was spotted in Noem’s Washington apartment building in recent days hopping into an elevator, and carrying boxes down to the trash room, a source tells The Swamp.
Noem, 53, and Lewandowski, 51, who served as Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign manager and advised the former South Dakota governor and “snow queen” for years as she skyrocketed to MAGA stardom, have denied having a romantic relationship. Both are married—to other people.
But Politico reporter Alex Isenstadt writes in his forthcoming book Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump’s Return to Power, that the two were still hot and heavy during the 2024 presidential campaign as Trump searched for a VP running mate. “They were together all the time, and Lewandowski followed the governor around like a puppy dog,” Isenstadt writes, according to an excerpt in the Daily Mail.
Noem publicly distanced herself from Lewandowski in 2021 before he cut a deal with Las Vegas prosecutors over misdemeanor battery charges involving alleged unwanted sexual advances toward a GOP donor’s wife. (The woman said the Trump operator “stalked” her throughout a hotel where a charity event took place, commented on her “nice a–,” and threw a drink at her.)
Of course that followed a 2016 incident in which Lewandowski was charged by Palm Beach police with physically assaulting a Breitbart News reporter. (Charges were dropped after Lewandowski said he only grabbed her arm to protect the president.)
But that was then, and this is now, and Noemowski could be a thing. At least they’re clearly spending a lot of time together, including at her place—whether he’s simply taking out her trash, or more.
And who are we to judge? The two apparently can’t quit each other.
Lewandowski—who is widely disliked by Trump’s top aides even though we’re told the president himself holds a soft spot for him—traveled this month to the Super Bowl in New Orleans, where Noem was busy coordinating security for the president’s visit to Super Bowl LIX.
Lewandowski proved he’s still got entreé with the president by posting a video on X proclaiming: “In the Motorcade on the way to the Super Bowl with @realDonaldTrump!”
Noem still hasn’t named her chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security. But we know who’s taking out her trash.
Daily Beast’s The Swamp is written by David Gardner, Mary Ann Akers and Juliegrace Brufke.
