Dhs Says Cory Lewandowski Left Department Following Noem's Ouster

Corey Lewandowski, a typical authorities worker who served arsenic a apical advisor to erstwhile Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, has departed from his station astatine nan Department of Homeland Security, a spokesperson confirmed to NBC News.

“Mr. Lewandowski nary longer has a domiciled astatine DHS,” a section spokesperson said Saturday amid questions astir whether Lewandowski would beryllium leaving nan agency, wherever he was serving arsenic a typical authorities employee.

Politico was nan first to study nan news of Lewandowski’s departure.

President Donald Trump fired Noem earlier this period aft she’d served for a twelvemonth successful nan agency’s apical role.

Former Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., was sworn successful arsenic her replacement earlier this week.

Noem’s firing came amid mounting scrutiny of Noem connected respective fronts, including complete her narration pinch Lewandowski and his domiciled overseeing contracts astatine DHS.

Last week, Democratic lawmakers launched an inquiry into Lewandowski and whether he sought individual payments from contractors while moving astatine DHS.

The enquiry came aft NBC News reported that Lewandowski asked immoderate DHS contractors to beryllium paid in speech for protecting and increasing their contracts pinch nan department.

A typical for Lewandowski told NBC News earlier this month, “This is perfectly mendacious and did not hap — Mr. Lewandowski ne'er demanded immoderate costs aliases compensation” from nan contractor who alleged that he did.

Democratic senators have besides opened a abstracted inquiry into whether Noem aliases Lewandowski personally profited from a $220 cardinal advertisement statement that featured Noem successful 2025.

At nan clip senators launched nan enquiry earlier this month, representatives for DHS did not respond to questions astir whether Lewandowski aliases different DHS labor benefited from nan advertisement contract.

After Noem’s ouster from DHS, aggregate sources acquainted pinch nan matter told NBC News that Trump had begun asking those astir him what Lewandowski’s domiciled was successful assigning contracts astatine DHS, including whether he had personally profited.

Noem and Lewandowski person besides many times faced allegations of an extramarital affair, which they person denied.