Kristi Noem was forced to confront the most personal question of her political life in Washington on Wednesday, when a US congresswoman directly asked whether she had slept with her top adviser Corey Lewandowski, minutes after Noem's husband, Bryon Noem, slipped out of the hearing room.
The confrontation came after months of speculation about Kristi Noem's relationship with Lewandowski, a longtime Donald Trump ally who now serves as a special government employee at the Department of Homeland Security. Rumours of an affair have dogged the pair for years. Both are married, both have publicly rejected the claims, and the secretary has previously branded the accusations a 'disgusting lie.' None of the allegations has been proven, and there is no independent confirmation of any affair, so the claims should still be treated with a grain of salt.
