"Trump picked Noem to run the Department of Homeland Security, central to fulfilling his campaign promise of the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants. Like Pete Hegseth, who landed the job of defense secretary, Noem, then the governor of South Dakota who faced an outcry over her admission in a book that she once shot a pet dog had not been on the transition team's list of possible candidates and had not gone through vetting for the job, Karl writes in Retribution."
"I did it for Corey,' he said. It's the only thing Corey asked me for.' Lewandowski was Trump's campaign manager until he was fired in June 2016 after a string of controversies that included being accused of forcibly yanking the arm of a female reporter. Rumours of an affair between Lewandowski and Noem have swirled in Washington for years, though both deny the relationship."
Soon after the 2016 election, Trump selected Kristi Noem to lead the Department of Homeland Security to advance plans for mass deportation of undocumented immigrants. Noem was governor of South Dakota and faced controversy for admitting she once shot a pet dog. Noem was not on the transition team's candidate list and did not go through vetting. Trump told an advisor he made the appointment as a favor to Corey Lewandowski. Lewandowski had been fired in June 2016 amid controversies including accusations of yanking a reporter's arm. Close allies expressed alarm about Noem overseeing agencies such as ICE and FEMA.
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