Kristi Noem faced fresh scrutiny in Washington this week after relatives of her husband, Bryon Noem, told The New York Post that he has remained in the marriage out of religious conviction, even as rumours of an alleged affair with Corey Lewandowski continued to hang over her. The claims, published on Thursday, pushed a long-running political whisper further into public view and attached a more personal cost to a scandal Noem has repeatedly dismissed.
For context, the latest report arrived after Donald Trump fired Noem as secretary of homeland security in a Truth Social post on Thursday, with Lewandowski also reportedly out at the department. According to the source material provided, the alleged relationship was said to be among the reasons for her removal, alongside other controversies that had followed the former South Dakota governor during her tenure at DHS.
