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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Bruce Golding

Noem rages about reported jet purchases she made on her last day before being fired

Fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem went ballistic over claims that her former agency vastly overpaid a political donor's company for five airplanes just hours before she left office.

In a furious social media post, Noem demanded that The New York Times “entirely” retract its exposé regarding the last-minute spending spree, which reportedly included $108 million for a luxuriously appointed Boeing 737 that the company bought months earlier from a seller who asked for less than $90 million.

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