Donald Trump has reportedly weighed in after new allegations surfaced about Bryon Noem, the husband of former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Multiple outlets reported on the claims, and they have raised eyebrows.
Moreover, these claims have triggered questions about whether the situation could have created security risks while Noem served in a high-level national security role.
Donald Trump reportedly reacted to allegations made against Bryon Noem
The Daily Mail exclusively reported that Donald Trump spoke with them in a phone interview, during which he allegedly said he had not heard about the claims involving Kristi Noem’s husband, Bryan Noem.
Bryon reportedly shared compromising photos of himself with fetish adult performers online and sent money through Cash App and PayPal totaling at least $25,000. Moreover, national security experts purportedly believe that the alleged conduct could have left Kristi vulnerable to blackmail.
After the outlet asked for Trump’s reaction, he allegedly responded, “They confirmed it? Wow, well, I feel badly for the family if that’s the case, that’s too bad,” before adding, “I haven’t seen anything. I don’t know anything about it. That’s too bad, but I just know nothing about it.”
The Daily Mail also cited reported concern from within DHS circles. One current official told the outlet, “I can vouch for the blackmail claim. This would have been a disqualification for national security eligibility for anyone else whose spouse was hiding this.”
Meanwhile, former CIA officer Marc Polymeropoulos reportedly warned, “If a media organization can find this out, you can assume with a high degree of confidence that a hostile intelligence service knows this as well.”
Bryon Noem, for his part, reportedly did not deny explicit conversations or sharing photos. However, he rejected the idea that he created a blackmail risk, saying, “Yeah, I made no comments like that, that would lead to that. I deny the second part of that.”
The Daily Mail reported that Kristi Noem served as DHS secretary until Trump fired her earlier this month. Now, she holds a government post as Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas.
Originally reported by Ishika Mishra on RealityTea.
