Where did Kristi Noem get the $3000 that vanished with her purse?

[struggle4progress]

Could it have come from the DHS petty cash box at the office? Inquiring minds need to know ...

... In March, the Associated Press reported Noem's travel receipts while governor were discovered to include over $150,000 in expenses unrelated to state business, such as covering personal and political trips like visits to Trump in Palm Beach, Florida, prior to the 2024 election. The receipts were discovered following a lawsuit filed in September 2024 by media outlet The Dakota Scout against state auditor Rich Sattgast, requesting transparency surrounding Noem's state-issued credit cards ... https://www.newsweek.com/why-kristi-noem-had-3000-cash-purse-when-it-was-stolen-2062146

[Blues Heron]

1. That is one sketchy lady, thats for sure. Creepy as hell.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. The thief didn't steal the purse for any cash it contained.

I think they wanted the phone. Her contacts. Network. All compromised communications after the theft. The highest level people in government.

I think the dollar amount, and other details are meant to distract from the actual targeted item.

[yardwork]

8. We don't even know if there is a thief.

As someone on DU noted, if they really wanted to catch a perpetrator, why haven't they released the video?

We saw lots of video surveillance images of the guy who shot the UnitedHealth CEO.

Supposedly this thief is on video. Where's the pics?

[eppur_se_muova]

15. NYPost (yeah, I know) said a white man in a black suit and surgical mask was videotaped* taking it.

Doesn't sound like the description is going to help much. If you want to be a successful thief, look as un-unusual as possible.



*Yeah, I know, we don't use tape anymore. Or film. "Videod" sounds weird to me, since it verbs a noun, or at least a word we're using as a noun.

[Hotler]

19. And maybe a firearm. nt

[EYESORE 9001]

3. It's less like a purse

and more like a doomsday prepper’s bug-out bag

[Blue Full Moon]

4. $60000 purse

Serious question. Kristi Noem was pictured with a Rolex in El Salvador, and got 3k in cash stolen.

She has been on a govt salary for years.

Something aint right
Adam Kinzinger

[Kid Berwyn]

5. Great Question

Going from history, it’s likely she did not earn it.

https://www.newsweek.com/kristi-noem-controversies-dog-killing-tribal-land-bans-1984194

Just-Us applied to her daughter when the young Noem offspring had problems obtaining a license to scam South Dakota.

https://dakotafreepress.com/2021/09/27/new-noem-nepotism-governor-fires-appraisal-chief-who-delayed-daughters-license-pays-200k-to-shut-her-up/

[returnee]

6. Where did she get it and why was she carrying it? n/t

[Ms. Toad]

7. Before throwing stones, it would be good to remember the similar questions the right used in an attempt

to discredit Fani Willis

[yardwork]

11. I wasn't aware that Fani Willis claimed to have had a purse stolen.

I find this story to be fishy on a much higher level than the supposed cash. Where's the surveillance tape of the thief that they claim to have? How did a thief get the purse of a high government official while she was guarded by SS? Did the SS let a thief sneak up on her? Did Noem leave her bag unattended? Where and when did this happen? If they want to catch the thief why don't they release photos of him?

Fani Willis was criticized for taking cash on vacation. This is quite different. Why does the Secretary of Homeland Security need to carry so much cash while eating dinner at a Washington restaurant?

But the cash is the least of my questions

[Ms. Toad]

17. The criticism about Fani Lewis wasn't why did she take cash on vacation, but why did she have so much easily

accessible in the first place. The fact that it was revealed because she reimbursed someone in cash rather than because her purse stolen doesn't change the nature of the criticism.

[TheBlackAdder]

9. Some states will asset forfeiture several grand, but for some reason not a $60K handbag?

It's almost like that old joke about the guy taking home a wheelbarrow full of dirt every day, and security didn't stop him for taking dirt, when in reality he was stealing their wheelbarrows.

Perhaps people with $60K bags aren't trafficking money, they're trafficking in handbags.

[eppur_se_muova]

14. The handbag was worth "only" $4400 -- It's her gold Rolex that's "worth" $60K. Oh, and $600 for her wallet.

Here, "worth" means there's always some idiot somewhere who's willing to pay that much for a friggin' watch -- just because it's supposedly a status symbol, and they have a bottomless pit of need to impress other people (presumably as shallow as themselves) with their willingness to spend money to fluff up their brand.

To me, it's a symbol of "a fool and his/her money are soon parted". I've been wearing $15 Casio digital watches for most of my adult life. I wore out the buttons on the first one, so they started to stick -- but other than that, IT STILL WORKED. I've lost one, and it was a minor inconvenience -- got a replacement at Big Lots a day or two later -- if someone stole it, they risked jail time over a *used* trifle. Later found the lost one, & inherited one from my dad. I'll probably never run out of watches in my lifetime. And it didn't cost me $60K to get there.

The rich people who impress me are the ones who are smart enough to live so modestly that you'd never guess they were rich -- then leave huge bequests to charity when they die. Not, THAT'S impressive.


(BTW, I like your idea. Reminds of an old Soviet-era joke, where the driver who leaves the warehouses every day with a truck apparently containing only random scraps of waste materials finally confesses to the flummoxed security guard that he's stealing trucks.)

[TheBlackAdder]

16. Maybe she's trafficking $60K watches.

[beaglelover]

10. A bribe, probably.

[cloudbase]

12. That cash should be confiscated under civil forfeiture laws.

[republianmushroom]

13. Case leaves a very small trail to follow.

[redstatebluegirl]

18. K&R

[BoRaGard]

20. She's definitely a republicon

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