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A Democratic lawmaker is alleging Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem lying to get out of stress House Homeland Security Committee hearing On Thursday.
Noem’s office has denied the allegations.
democratic congressman benny thompson Noem has been subpoenaed to appear before the committee again, alleging that she not only did not perform her duties to testify before the panel, but also may have misled lawmakers by claiming that she had to attend a meeting. actually canceled,
Noem left the committee hearing early, saying she needed to attend a meeting with the Federal Emergency Management Agency Council. But that meeting was cancelled.
Noem’s office said it did not know until then that the meeting had been canceled dhs chief Abandoned the hearing. Independent Noem’s office has been requested to comment.
“The Secretary learned at 12:26 p.m. that the meeting was canceled,” a DHS spokesperson said. hillShe left the hearing around noon,
“It is my understanding based on good information that the FEMA Council meeting was cancelled, so there was no need for him to go,” Thompson said. hill“She was a liar and had no respect for congressional oversight,”
He also claimed that Noem sat on the committee’s veranda for a long time after leaving the hearing, which suggests that she did not immediately leave to attend the meeting.
The hearing was not favorable for Noem. Thompson began the hearing by demanding his resignation and accusing him of failing in his most basic duties.
“You have systematically dismantled the Department of Homeland Security, put your interests above those of the department, and violated the law. You are making America less safe,” Thompson said. “So instead of sitting here and wasting your and our time in more corruption, lies and anarchy, I call on you to resign. Do true service to the country and just resign. That is, if President Trump doesn’t fire you first,
Congressman Seth Magaziner fired back at Noem particularly sharply when she claimed that DHS had never deported any US citizens or military veterans under her watch.
He presented againVia Zoom, Sae Joon Park, a U.S. military veteran and Purple Heart recipient who self-deported in 2025 after receiving a removal order. Park was deported to Korea, where he has not lived since he was 7 years old.
After the contentious hearing and Noem’s hasty exit from the room, the DHS account on X attempted to save face.
“Your rebuke doesn’t matter to us. We’ve seen what makes you happy,” account wroteImitation of a line from the adult cartoon Rick and Morty.
House Republicans rejected Thompson’s motion to recall Noem for another hearing.
Thompson said she was told Noem would stay until at least 1 a.m. the day of the hearing.
“She joined FBI Director Kash Patel in telling the US House Committee on Homeland Security to get up and walk out in the middle of a hearing to throw sand,” he said. “We were told that she would be here till 1 o’clock, but she left much earlier. This is a shameful display of someone who cannot bear the heat, disrespectful to the committee and the Constitution [and] “Separation of Powers.”