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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
John Bowden

Kristi Noem warns the public that they can’t trust the government - then is reminded that she is part of it

Donald Trump’s new secretary of Homeland Security forgot which side she was on.

Kristi Noem was grilled Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union about Elon Musk’s role in the federal government and his access to sensitive systems at DHS housing data collected by FEMA as part of its efforts to help disaster victims. Host Dana Bash pressed the secretary about whether Americans could be comfortable with Musk, whose DOGE group was not authorized by Congress and exists as a White House initiative, potentially accessing private data Americans authorized the federal government to collect.

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