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usonian

(23,605 posts)
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 11:10 AM Apr 2025

Losing money? You aren't alone. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's bag, including $3,000 in cash, is stolen from DC restaurant.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/homeland-security-secretary-kristi-noem-141306309.html
Josh Campbell and Kit Maher, CNN
Mon, April 21, 2025

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.

The Secret Service has launched an investigation to trace any use of Noem’s financial instruments, the person said.


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Losing money? You aren't alone. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's bag, including $3,000 in cash, is stolen from DC restaurant. (Original Post) usonian Apr 2025 OP
Shit. He stole her bribe money lame54 Apr 2025 #1
Yeah, who carries $3k cash? Has nose candy inflation been really bad in DC? Oh, maybe Easter egg money. dutch777 Apr 2025 #14
That's not a purse, it's a doomsday prepper's Bug Out Bag. sop Apr 2025 #2
The head of DHS carries blank checks in her purse?...in this year of our Lord 2025? Prairie Gates Apr 2025 #3
And her passport? In DC? yardwork Apr 2025 #5
Well she could need to fly at a moments notice (?) underpants Apr 2025 #13
The whole story is fishy. yardwork Apr 2025 #24
Yes something sounds off about the story. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #35
Yes, typically if you're trying to identify a suspect from a video Prairie Gates Apr 2025 #38
Would presume the airhead also has a security detail of some sort. nt allegorical oracle Apr 2025 #27
How did that happen? yardwork Apr 2025 #4
I heard the medical mask had a Chicago Bulls logo on it Prairie Gates Apr 2025 #9
😆😆😆 underpants Apr 2025 #11
Anybody who carries their whole life in one bag like that shouldn't be in charge of any kind of security. Iggo Apr 2025 #23
Who the hell carries that much cash anymore??? And WHY??? Maeve Apr 2025 #6
Costumes cost money malaise Apr 2025 #19
I can't imagine why she'd need to conduct untraceable transactions. Iggo Apr 2025 #33
Had to be a bribe? gab13by13 Apr 2025 #7
It wasn't a brown immigrant, apparently, you know, the ones who commit all the crimes. Diamond_Dog Apr 2025 #8
The nerve of that fetching dog! taxi Apr 2025 #10
Secret Service was probably looking out for her other dog... MiHale Apr 2025 #12
Drug deal gone bad? yellowcanine Apr 2025 #15
Imagine living in constant fear of karmic retribution. usonian Apr 2025 #16
Carrying $3,000 in cash?? Mountainguy Apr 2025 #17
No mention of her pistol. bluesbassman Apr 2025 #18
Yes no mention of her phone or purse pistol. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #36
Did the perp have advertising tattooed on his fingers? Was he/she non-Aryan? Ping Tung Apr 2025 #20
$3000 in cash and blank checks? Sanity Claws Apr 2025 #21
Her cash i 4 months of my retirement l income. 😒 Dixiegrrrl Apr 2025 #30
So sorry to hear that Sanity Claws Apr 2025 #32
Boy, we're really secure with her in charge.. tanyev Apr 2025 #22
There is no way one man carried her makeup bag away on his own. Solly Mack Apr 2025 #25
It's amazing what you can pack in one handbag. usonian Apr 2025 #28
Dang Solly Mack Apr 2025 #29
Make up, hair extensions, costumes, hats, purse gun, cash, gold jewelry, Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #37
To be fair, she is cosplaying. Lots of props needed. Solly Mack Apr 2025 #40
She is always camera ready and that is not easy. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #41
Did Corey pick up the check, then? Just gotta know! dchill Apr 2025 #26
Now doesn't that fit with the state of our national security under the TSF regime? sinkingfeeling Apr 2025 #31
What bvetter way to bribe someone edhopper Apr 2025 #34
Random or planned theft? Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #39
What kind of medication was stolen? Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #42
Unknown, but it was said to be a white powder. NT Happy Hoosier Apr 2025 #45
White powder costing thousands of dollars, cash only. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #46
My theory is her personal phone was stolen as well and she is too embarrassed to admit it meadowlander Apr 2025 #43
$3000 in CASH? Happy Hoosier Apr 2025 #44
Countdown to lame excuse. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ... usonian Apr 2025 #48
What a clever cover for handing off classified documents! struggle4progress Apr 2025 #47

dutch777

(4,891 posts)
14. Yeah, who carries $3k cash? Has nose candy inflation been really bad in DC? Oh, maybe Easter egg money.
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 11:30 AM
Apr 2025

Prairie Gates

(7,215 posts)
3. The head of DHS carries blank checks in her purse?...in this year of our Lord 2025?
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 11:17 AM
Apr 2025

God help us.

underpants

(194,996 posts)
13. Well she could need to fly at a moments notice (?)
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 11:27 AM
Apr 2025

Hold it. She’s Homeland Security she wouldn’t need a passport.

yardwork

(68,983 posts)
24. The whole story is fishy.
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 12:36 PM
Apr 2025

Are we allowed to see this video footage?

If not, I suspect that something else happened. As in maybe she was falling down drunk and lost it. Which... no judgment... it happens. But this is Kristi dog-and-goat-killer so, no sympathy here.

Irish_Dem

(79,904 posts)
35. Yes something sounds off about the story.
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 02:00 PM
Apr 2025

A high level official leaves her purse with important documents in it, passport, cash, medications, checks.
Probably her phone too?

And her security team doesn't notice it.

Prairie Gates

(7,215 posts)
38. Yes, typically if you're trying to identify a suspect from a video
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 02:18 PM
Apr 2025

You release it to the public. If we don't see a video, that will be very telling.

yardwork

(68,983 posts)
4. How did that happen?
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 11:17 AM
Apr 2025

Somebody got close enough to snatch it? While she was being guarded by SS?

Or the head of homeland security left her bag unattended? Really?

Iggo

(49,662 posts)
23. Anybody who carries their whole life in one bag like that shouldn't be in charge of any kind of security.
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 12:32 PM
Apr 2025

Iggo

(49,662 posts)
33. I can't imagine why she'd need to conduct untraceable transactions.
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 01:34 PM
Apr 2025

It’s a mystery!

MiHale

(12,639 posts)
12. Secret Service was probably looking out for her other dog...
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 11:27 AM
Apr 2025

so she couldn’t get her hands on it…more important than a purse.

 

Mountainguy

(2,145 posts)
17. Carrying $3,000 in cash??
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 11:47 AM
Apr 2025

Carrying that kind of cash around would raise a lot of red flags in most cases.

bluesbassman

(20,372 posts)
18. No mention of her pistol.
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 11:51 AM
Apr 2025

I assume she's always strapped, but I'll bet she also has a purse pistol too.

Irish_Dem

(79,904 posts)
36. Yes no mention of her phone or purse pistol.
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 02:10 PM
Apr 2025

We know she a phone and probably a gun in her purse.

Ping Tung

(4,144 posts)
20. Did the perp have advertising tattooed on his fingers? Was he/she non-Aryan?
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 11:55 AM
Apr 2025

Wear a silly MAGA hat?

Sanity Claws

(22,339 posts)
21. $3000 in cash and blank checks?
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 11:58 AM
Apr 2025

Who carries blank checks? Who carries that much cash? Was the $3000 a bribe to her or money she carried to bribe / pay off others?

Irish_Dem

(79,904 posts)
37. Make up, hair extensions, costumes, hats, purse gun, cash, gold jewelry,
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 02:17 PM
Apr 2025

Would need at least two strong men and a hand truck.

Irish_Dem

(79,904 posts)
41. She is always camera ready and that is not easy.
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 02:26 PM
Apr 2025

She cannot eye F the camera without her props and costumes

edhopper

(37,096 posts)
34. What bvetter way to bribe someone
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 01:57 PM
Apr 2025

and make it untraceable, then to have the money "stolen".

meadowlander

(5,098 posts)
43. My theory is her personal phone was stolen as well and she is too embarrassed to admit it
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 02:40 PM
Apr 2025

because of all the current scandals about Signal chats.

So she is converting the value of her phone into "cash".

$3000 isn't enough for a payoff. It could be an insurance scam but she makes $250K so presumably she would have better things to do with her time. The only other plausible explanation for me is she was buying drugs.

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