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

[usonian]

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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[lame54]

1. Shit. He stole her bribe money

[dutch777]

14. Yeah, who carries $3k cash? Has nose candy inflation been really bad in DC? Oh, maybe Easter egg money.

[sop]

2. That's not a purse, it's a doomsday prepper's Bug Out Bag.

[Prairie Gates]

3. The head of DHS carries blank checks in her purse?...in this year of our Lord 2025?

God help us.

[yardwork]

5. And her passport? In DC?

[underpants]

13. Well she could need to fly at a moments notice (?)

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

[yardwork]

24. The whole story is fishy.

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]

35. Yes something sounds off about the story.

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]

38. Yes, typically if you're trying to identify a suspect from a video

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

[allegorical oracle]

27. Would presume the airhead also has a security detail of some sort. nt

[yardwork]

4. How did that happen?

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?

[Prairie Gates]

9. I heard the medical mask had a Chicago Bulls logo on it

[underpants]

11. 😆😆😆

[Iggo]

23. Anybody who carries their whole life in one bag like that shouldn't be in charge of any kind of security.

[Maeve]

6. Who the hell carries that much cash anymore??? And WHY???

[malaise]

19. Costumes cost money

😀
These are unserious people

[Iggo]

33. I can't imagine why she'd need to conduct untraceable transactions.

It’s a mystery!

[gab13by13]

7. Had to be a bribe?

Most places don't even take cash. Was the 3k all in one dollar bills?

[Diamond_Dog]

8. It wasn't a brown immigrant, apparently, you know, the ones who commit all the crimes.

[taxi]

10. The nerve of that fetching dog!

[MiHale]

12. Secret Service was probably looking out for her other dog...

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

[yellowcanine]

15. Drug deal gone bad?

If she were black the cops would say the money was drug money.

[usonian]

16. Imagine living in constant fear of karmic retribution.

[Mountainguy]

17. Carrying $3,000 in cash??

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

[bluesbassman]

18. No mention of her pistol.

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

[Irish_Dem]

36. Yes no mention of her phone or purse pistol.

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

[Ping Tung]

20. Did the perp have advertising tattooed on his fingers? Was he/she non-Aryan?

Wear a silly MAGA hat?

[Sanity Claws]

21. $3000 in cash and blank checks?

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?

[Dixiegrrrl]

30. Her cash i 4 months of my retirement l income. 😒

[Sanity Claws]

32. So sorry to hear that

[tanyev]

22. Boy, we're really secure with her in charge..

[Solly Mack]

25. There is no way one man carried her makeup bag away on his own.

[usonian]

28. It's amazing what you can pack in one handbag.

[Solly Mack]

29. Dang

[Irish_Dem]

37. Make up, hair extensions, costumes, hats, purse gun, cash, gold jewelry,

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

[Solly Mack]

40. To be fair, she is cosplaying. Lots of props needed.

[Irish_Dem]

41. She is always camera ready and that is not easy.

She cannot eye F the camera without her props and costumes

[dchill]

26. Did Corey pick up the check, then? Just gotta know!

[sinkingfeeling]

31. Now doesn't that fit with the state of our national security under the TSF regime?

[edhopper]

34. What bvetter way to bribe someone

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

[Irish_Dem]

39. Random or planned theft?

[Irish_Dem]

42. What kind of medication was stolen?

[Happy Hoosier]

45. Unknown, but it was said to be a white powder. NT

[Irish_Dem]

46. White powder costing thousands of dollars, cash only.

[meadowlander]

43. My theory is her personal phone was stolen as well and she is too embarrassed to admit it

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.

[Happy Hoosier]

44. $3000 in CASH?

Truly a woman of the people!!!!

Who carries 3G's in CASH?

[usonian]

48. Countdown to lame excuse. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ...

IT WAS TIP MONEY FOR THE WAITER.

[struggle4progress]

47. What a clever cover for handing off classified documents!