Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem fell victim to a thief while eating dinner at a downtown Washington, DC, restaurant Sunday night, two sources familiar with the incident, including a law enforcement source, told CNN.
The Secret Service, which provides security for Noem, reviewed security camera footage at the restaurant and saw an unknown white male wearing a medical mask steal her bag and leave the restaurant.
The thief got away with Noem’s driver’s license, medication, apartment keys, passport, DHS access badge, makeup bag, blank checks, and about $3,000 in cash, the law enforcement source said.
From what I’ve heard about the secret service they were probably at the bar getting plastered. The thief probably had no idea who she was. Or…
This was an arranged dead drop to pass Intel off to Russia. This way the narrative is she was robbed, not just giving a package to some rando. No evidence to back that up, just wild internet speculation for your Tuesday morning.
Not very secure, is she?
Also, according to our own laws, she was doing something unlawful because why would she need $3,000 in cash?! They’d civil forfeiture that shit if a normal person got caught with that much cash on them.
Sounds like it was taken via citizen’s civil forfeiture 😊
Yeah, when I served on a jury, the prosecutor was very clear that the only reason someone carried more than $100 in cash was for drugs or other illicit dealings.
Hope you voted to acquit.
Edit: ducking autocorrect.
She runs the Department of Homeland Security, not Restaurantland Security.
$3k in cash? Her coke habit is expensive
Seriously, who tf carries that much cash and is a govt employee without being up to something very sheisty
She hasn’t had a chance to deposit that bribe yet. After all, she had just received it there in the restaurant.
It’s a definite warning sign when a person has that much ready cash on them.
i cannot think of why someone one at her level of government would need to hold $3000 on them
I can’t imagine why anyone, in this day and age, would have that much cash on them unless they’re directly going to buy something or just sold something.
I keep physical Euros these days. I don’t trust the US to keep my life savings safe from hyperinflation.
Plus, it wouldn’t surprise me if DOGE jerks get to ‘inspect’ bank servers and make withdrawals on our behalf. Far as Trump and friends are concerned, the public’s money is theirs, just tangled up in a web of inconvenient obligations.
Even then she’s a cabinet secretary someone else should hold onto the cash unless no one else can know about it
She has a Secret Service detail, and still managed to get robbed? I hope she feels real safe going out in public knowing that they can’t even protect her purse.
Cojones on that thief though…
I thought using cash like that was a sign of criminality?Or does that only apply to minorities? You better believe any cop out there would confiscate that shit from any of us faster than you can say civil asset forfeiture. It was certainly a point of contention for Fanni Willis during the Trump trial.
I didn’t see a video. I’m going to assume Noem pocketed the cash and there’s no “man in the medical mask.”
Looks like drop off of state secrets to russian agent made to look like a theft. What better way than in plain sight and blame it on a thief.
Immediately thought of that. Drop off bribe.
Damn. They just eating these opsec L’s
Why was she carrying around $3k? Nothing illegal about that but that is a little curious.
She claims she took out that money to celebrate Easter with family… for dinner, activities, and gifts.
I use a credit card for such things, but yeah.
I guess in her defense, if you’re involved in the destruction of the U.S. economy, you never know when the economy might collapse and credit cards will no longer be accepted.
Still, you would think she would just carry around bars of solid gold or something.
She should be paying in Euro then. Never know when the USD is going to collapse.
That was Menendez. Don’t confuse your corrupt offials.
Seems like Secretary Gnoem would have put her full faith behind Bitcoin
to be fair cash is accepted at more food trucks and makes a better gift than credit cards.
Bribe money
That’s where your mind goes?
It’s for coke
I believe this too.
3000$ is enough for lots of coke, but probably not enough to bribe a politician / bureaucrat at her level.
That sounds more likely.
They aren’t mutually exclusive. Maybe it’s a bribe she received that she planned to spend on coke?
Now I hadn’t thought that the bribe was for her
It’s illegal if the cop who finds it on you says it’s illegal.
Maybe just because Trump’s inner circle is making enough money right now that that’s just walking around money to her.
Even so, rich people usually don’t carry wads of cash like that unless they are paying somebody under the table.
Doesn’t prove it was for something illegal, but let’s not pretend it doesn’t look weird AF
Yeah, definitely. Could be something illegal. Could just be something she doesn’t want showing up on shared credit card receipts.
You think she’s paying a honey boy?
There’s a lot of things it could be, some of which are eyebrow raising. But as you said, usually when someone is carrying that much cash, there’s a reason.
Incoming federal ban on n95s
Now that you say it I’m surprised such a ban wasn’t on the top of Trump’s list. Republicans got really riled up about wearing masks in public
I’ve got $5 that says she just misplaced it.
Good. She fascist trash & there literally aren’t enough bad things in the world that can happen to her.
A puppy killer too let’s never forget. About as comic book villain as one can get.
Lmfao what a fucking loser
I give up trying to write satire. You just can’t beat the real thing.
The makeup alone has to weigh a ton. Strong thief.
those new teeth are expensive too
