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Noem refutes report her DHS bought planes at inflated prices from donor
The five planes were purchased the morning before Noem left her role.
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Kristi Noem Accused Of Giving Bloated Contract To Donor In Final Hours Running DHS
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Source context: On her way out of the Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem may have gotten one of her donors a sweet deal.President Trump fired Noem from the Cabinet in March over a series of scandals including how DHS handled contracts. But, she didn’t leave the agency until her success…
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Kristi Noem Has Some Explaining to Do
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Noem refutes report her DHS bought planes at inflated prices from donor
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Kristi Noem Accused Of Giving Bloated Contract To Donor In Final Hours Running DHS
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Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left
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Kristi Noem Has Some Explaining to Do
On her way out of the Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem may have gotten one of her donors a sweet deal.President Trump fired Noem from the Cabinet in March over a series of scandals including how DHS handled contracts. But, she didn’t leave the agency until her successor, Markwayne Mullin, took over on March 25. Just before she left, the…
The New York TimesCenter Left
Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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Kristi Noem Spent Her Last Day At DHS Buying 5 Extremely Overpriced Jets From A Donor: Report
The former Homeland Security secretary’s reaction to the exposé isn’t doing her any favors.
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Noem refutes report her DHS bought planes at inflated prices from donor
The five planes were purchased the morning before Noem left her role.
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The Daily Wire - Breaking News, Videos & PodcastsRight
Kristi Noem Accused Of Giving Bloated Contract To Donor In Final Hours Running DHS
In her last hours as Homeland Security Secretary, Kristi Noem’s agency entered into lucrative contracts with one of her political donors’ firms to buy five overpriced, luxury airplanes, The New York Times reported Monday, citing documents on the sale. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agreed to pay Daedalus Aviation Corporation $108 million for a ...