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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s bag, including $3,000 in cash, is stolen from DC restaurant

www.cnn.com /2025/04/21/politics/homeland-security-kristi-noem-purse-stolen/index.html

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem fell victim to a thief while eating dinner at a downtown Washington, DC, restaurant Sunday night, two sources familiar with the incident, including a law enforcement source, told CNN.

The Secret Service, which provides security for Noem, reviewed security camera footage at the restaurant and saw an unknown white male wearing a medical mask steal her bag and leave the restaurant.

The thief got away with Noem’s driver’s license, medication, apartment keys, passport, DHS access badge, makeup bag, blank checks, and about $3,000 in cash, the law enforcement source said.

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s bag, including $3,000 in cash, is stolen from DC restaurant | CNN Politics

www.cnn.com /2025/04/21/politics/homeland-security-kristi-noem-purse-stolen/index.html

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Not very secure, is she?
- Also, according to our own laws, she was doing something unlawful because why would she need $3,000 in cash?! They'd civil forfeiture that shit if a normal person got caught with that much cash on them.
  
  Sounds like it was taken via citizen’s civil forfeiture 😊
  
  Yeah, when I served on a jury, the prosecutor was very clear that the only reason someone carried more than $100 in cash was for drugs or other illicit dealings.
- She runs the Department of Homeland Security, not Restaurantland Security.
$3k in cash? Her coke habit is expensive
- Seriously, who tf carries that much cash and is a govt employee without being up to something very sheisty
  
  She hasn't had a chance to deposit that bribe yet. After all, she had just received it there in the restaurant.
- It's a definite warning sign when a person has that much ready cash on them.
  
  i cannot think of why someone one at her level of government would need to hold $3000 on them
I thought using cash like that was a sign of criminality?Or does that only apply to minorities? You better believe any cop out there would confiscate that shit from any of us faster than you can say civil asset forfeiture. It was certainly a point of contention for Fanni Willis during the Trump trial.
She has a Secret Service detail, and still managed to get robbed? I hope she feels real safe going out in public knowing that they can't even protect her purse.
- Cojones on that thief though...
From what I've heard about the secret service they were probably at the bar getting plastered. The thief probably had no idea who she was. Or....

This was an arranged dead drop to pass Intel off to Russia. This way the narrative is she was robbed, not just giving a package to some rando. No evidence to back that up, just wild internet speculation for your Tuesday morning.
Looks like drop off of state secrets to russian agent made to look like a theft. What better way than in plain sight and blame it on a thief.
- Immediately thought of that. Drop off bribe.
Why was she carrying around $3k? Nothing illegal about that but that is a little curious.
- Bribe money
  
  That’s where your mind goes?
  
  It’s for coke
- She claims she took out that money to celebrate Easter with family... for dinner, activities, and gifts.
  
  I use a credit card for such things, but yeah.
  
  I guess in her defense, if you're involved in the destruction of the U.S. economy, you never know when the economy might collapse and credit cards will no longer be accepted.
  
  Still, you would think she would just carry around bars of solid gold or something.
  
  to be fair cash is accepted at more food trucks and makes a better gift than credit cards.
- It's illegal if the cop who finds it on you says it's illegal.
- Maybe just because Trump's inner circle is making enough money right now that that's just walking around money to her.
  
  Even so, rich people usually don't carry wads of cash like that unless they are paying somebody under the table.
  
  Doesn't prove it was for something illegal, but let's not pretend it doesn't look weird AF
Damn. They just eating these opsec L’s
Incoming federal ban on n95s
- Now that you say it I'm surprised such a ban wasn't on the top of Trump's list. Republicans got really riled up about wearing masks in public
Good. She fascist trash & there literally aren't enough bad things in the world that can happen to her.
- A puppy killer too let's never forget. About as comic book villain as one can get.
Lmfao what a fucking loser
I've got $5 that says she just misplaced it.
I give up trying to write satire. You just can't beat the real thing.
The makeup alone has to weigh a ton. Strong thief.
- those new teeth are expensive too
Medication? Sounds like someone needs to attend a wellness farm to remove themselves from the teat of BiG pHaRmA
I didn't see a video. I'm going to assume Noem pocketed the cash and there's no "man in the medical mask."
Good. Just a shame she didn’t choke to death, slowly.
I hope they donate it to an animal shelter
Kripi Gnoem is insecure in her deeply-beloved homeland!!!
When they catch the thief they'll take them out back and shoot them

Like a dog.
She should’ve put that money into Crypto. All the smart people are doing it. /s

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