Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's bag, including $3,000 in cash, is stolen from DC restaurant

[mac56]

Source: CNN

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem fell victim to a thief while eating dinner at a downtown Washington, DC, restaurant Sunday night, the secretary confirmed Monday.

Noem, who was asked about the theft at the White House Easter Egg Roll, acknowledged the incident and said the matter has not been resolved.

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, a law enforcement source said.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/21/politics/homeland-security-kristi-noem-purse-stolen/index.html

[Ocelot II]

1. Who carries $3K around in cash?

Not that it's OK to steal anybody's purse, but why on earth did she have that much cash with her in the first place? And the purse contained her makeup bag as well, probably took up most of the space in the purse.

[LoisB]

4. My first thought too.

[Stryst]

10. Who carries that much cash?

Drug dealers, gun runners, pimps...

Unless you are buying a used car, there's no good reason.

[Traildogbob]

43. Well

Everyone on Putin’s payroll. So most of Congress, Senate, and the whole fucking cabinet. Spare change. They need that much to tip the commoners that serve them. A very generous cult.

[lonely bird]

17. I don't know

How much does Meth cost these days?🤪😁

[johnnyfins]

40. .

[RazorbackExpat]

73. Speaking of meth, here's something from Cosplay Barbie's PSA campaign

[Ponietz]

22. More -- that bag probably had her cell phone -- another security leak

[Wonder Why]

27. I always carry a few thousand dollar bills to light my cigars. :-)

[IronLionZion]

30. Drug dealers, crooks who conduct all cash transactions

and don't want a paper trail of bank records

[sakabatou]

33. Same thought

[ToxMarz]

42. Maybe Musk cancelled her Gubmint credit card too.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

50. For vacations

My wife and I have taken that much and more on trips to Las Vegas(prior to getting a casino host, now we wire some over). 10k in 100s is only about 1/2 inch thick surprisingly.

Day to day, I keep maybe 150-200. Which usually gets carried for months since I use my card for basically everything. I don't think my wife keeps cash on her at all now.

[Ocelot II]

55. The Secretary of DHS was not on vacation in Las Vegas.

Carrying large amounts of cash in your handbag and leaving it where it can be snatched by some rando is seriously stupid. Not to mention that the purse also contained her house key, her credit cards, her DHS badge and her passport.

[Kali]

2. LOL

Fucking perfect. This clown show.

[delisen]

3. That seems to be a lot of cash to carry around.

My rich friends carry less cash than my poor friends.

[RockCreek]

5. I hope they got her phone(s)

And know what to do with it (them).

[riversedge]

6. That is a whole lot of Cash to be carrying around IMHO.

[Aristus]

7. Sorry about that, dog-killer lady.

You should go back to Dakota, where they don't have crime.

Try not to kill any dogs on the way home...

[Baitball Blogger]

8. There was a movie like this.

No Way Out. 🍿

[riversedge]

9. The thief got away with Noem's driver's license, medication, apartment keys, passport, DHS access badge, makeup bag, bla

typical items if you were going to leave the country.


..........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.

[Marthe48]

11. or just returned

from somewhere

[Ponietz]

23. Sick druggie fascist bitch needs medication just like Adolf and Hermann needed medication

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Fucking scum can’t look in the mirror unless she’s high.

[wolfie001]

45. She needs painkillers for all of that shit she's done to her FAISH!!!

[markodochartaigh]

51. Wanna bet there was a gun in her bag too?

n/t

[Midnight Writer]

12. Somehow, knowing the Department of Homeland Security head having her valuables stolen

in a DC restaurant doesn't make me feel very secure.

[wnylib]

39. I am definitely not condoning theft, but I can't help seeing humor in the fact that

the person who is in charge of security for the US can't keep her purse secure in a restaurant.

[angryxyouth]

61. I'm with you

I’m hoping that everyone of those f**kers get spit and feces in their food every time they eat out.

[JoseBalow]

64. Oops, how clumsy of me

I'm all thumbs today!

[Jacson6]

13. The Secret Service has really gone down hill.

They must have a hard time recruiting competent people.

[Vinca]

14. Wonder what kind of bag it was. My guess is Hermes Birkin. Goes with that $50,000 Rolex.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

15. I hope she's panicking her ass off.

[SpankMe]

16. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. n/t

[niyad]

25. guy?.

[wolfie001]

48. All insults are welcome!

At least por moi

[Kid Berwyn]

18. And her stash?

She probably could use a few tokes about now.

[lark]

19. Stupid cosplay Barbie! Guess it's hard to keep up with all the props of wealth, especially for her.

[niyad]

20. Okay, am I the only one having a problem believing this story, at least

as it is currently presented??? puppykiller is at a restaurant with her (no doubt) VERY expensive purse, with her scurity team somewhere nearby (at least one would think so), and yet, some complete stranger, complete with mask, walks up, grabs her purse, and makes it out of the restaurant without getting apprehended??? I call BS.

My purse, which is NOT expensive, and does NOT contain 3k in cash, is never out of my sight. Depending on the setting, it is either beside me, or at my feet. I never hang my purse on the back of a chair.

[bucolic_frolic]

38. This. Logic is a dangerous investigative tool that unleashes a waft of reason.

It could possibly have some trolling from the inside connotations.

[Hekate]

63. I know. My purse is never out of my sight and always close to or on my body ...

Given her stupidly extravagant wristwatch, her purse is probably the kind of thing women buy an extra airplane seat for so it won’t get scuffed. Hermes?

And then there’s the Secret Service detail.

[drmeow]

67. False flag? nt

[MorbidButterflyTat]

75. Oopsie!

"The thousands of classified documents were in my purse that got stolen! Darn!"

Can you imagine if this had happened to a Democratic official?! The earth would stop rotating with the force of the faux outrage.

[Walleye]

78. Maybe the whole table was on their third or fourth drink

[PortTack]

21. Can't keep track of a handbag...but you put her in charge of Ntl security...great move donnie dip shit!

[GoneOffShore]

24. tots and pears

[jayschool2013]

26. Lip money

I think her collagen dealer accepts only cash.

[Diamond_Dog]

57. I spit out my iced tea at your comment, jayschool2013!

[Deep State Witch]

28. Secure Your Purse!

You can tell she's not from a city. Any woman who has spent any time in a big city knows to secure their purse when at a restaurant!

[milestogo]

29. Carrying that much cash around is unnecessary and stupid.

[sheshe2]

31. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha🤣

The Head of the Department of Homeland Security can't even secure her own handbag!? And she is suppose to protect our homeland?! Is it bad of me to hope her 60K watch was in there too?

[Traildogbob]

37. Great point.

Probably a gun in there.

[IronLionZion]

32. Somebody must have known she was carrying that much cash

It's all super suspicious consider she has guns and security and it happened in front of lots of people.

Either way, I feel super safe in the US under her leadership.

[NoRethugFriends]

34. Well

[Upthevibe]

35. mac56.......

OMG!!!!!!!!!!! The Irony!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why would she have $3,000 cash on her?

[louis-t]

36. The guy got past her ss detail?

And managed to steal her purse and get away?

[Ocelot II]

46. When they nab the perp he'll turn out to be an immigrant MS-13 member, right?

[louis-t]

84. Also trans, cross dresser, woke....

Who else do they hate this week?

[Traildogbob]

41. Remember Davy Crocket

And his coon hat? Or was it Boone? So can we get a meme of her with the gun pointed at ICE agent with her Dog Skin Hat?
No Golden retriever. Too hard to not mistake her for Rump, with that kind of hair and that much makeup.
Except she must be 6’5” tall compared to his 6’2” at a sleek 224 pounds.

[wolfie001]

47. I hope he spends it well

Ha ha, christo-fascist dog-killer.

[EuterpeThelo]

49. One of my Facebook friends

started a hilarious thread on guessing what else was in her purse. Her remark was "Gorilla Glue Eyelash Adhesive."

This was my contribution:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1358286625/donald-trump-butt-plug-desk-office

The replies had been comedy gold but, unfortunately, I just looked so I could import some of them here, but she seems to have deleted the thread.

So, what say you, DU? What else do you think the thieves might have made off with?

[ck4829]

52. So the next immigrant found in DC with a lot of money in their pocket is going to get railroaded, right?

[hamsterjill]

53. I'm sorry. But what does that say about the acumen of the group?

I mean, she has Secret Service agents protecting her? She's a gun nut herself?

Someone just walks in and casually steals her bag?

I'd be embarrassed to admit it.

[tonekat]

54. They have the nerve to show their faces in public?

In DC restaurants?

[Retrograde]

56. I've been told repeatedly

by every Republican regime from Reagan onwards that the only people who carry that amount of cash are involved in drug deals, so this inquiring mind wants to know what she was doing with that much cash. And how can she control our borders if she can't control a simple thing like a purse.

[Passages]

58. Grifter cash.

Just like the rest of them, always looting.

[3Hotdogs]

59. Thanks for the news. My world is a little bit brighter.

[W T F]

60. Will this story have the same legs as "Hunter's Laptop"?😂😂😂😂😂😂

[thesquanderer]

62. Someone in her secret service detail is going to find himself in a ditch next to a dog. (n/t)

[John1956PA]

76. "Sleeps with the dogs."

[sdfernando]

65. Well....apparently the Secretary of Homeland Security

has failed to keep the homeland secure.

[taxi]

66. In a restaurant, huh? Having a few dogs with her friends, was she?

And the money? She wanted to place a $3,000 wag-er on a dog to show.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

68. Who carries that much cash?

Is she trying to make a deal? That's what Bitcoin is for.

[lanlady]

69. What about her credit/debit cards?

The article didn't mention any being stolen. Maybe an oversight, or people just assume they must have been in her wallet with the cash.

To be generous, perhaps folks from N Dakota aren't used to life in a big city and do things that East/West Coasters wouldn't dream of doing like carrying around large amounts of cash?

I wonder if the thief knew who he was stealing from.

[Dennis Donovan]

70. Sarah Posner: why did the Secret Service let someone get so close to Noem to steal the bag at her feet.

Sarah Posner
‪@sarahposner.bsky.social‬
another unanswered question is how the Secret Service let someone get so close to Noem to steal the bag at her feet.
April 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM

🤔

https://bsky.app/profile/sarahposner.bsky.social/post/3lnds6zudns2s

[SWBTATTReg]

71. Maybe she doesn't believe in Banks? My uncle was like that, somehow seemed to love hauling out a big thick wad

of cash out of his pocket. Even my dad too, would flash it around. Me and my other half would tell my dad to put all of that cash away, don't flash it around. They grew up during the depression, didn't seem to believe in banks.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

81. Yeah, that's probably it.

[Scalded Nun]

72. It would have been so cute to see the camera show a dog pick up the bag and high-tail it out of the restaurant.

[MurrayDelph]

74. Did she really have that much cash, or was it something to tell the insurance company?

"Oh, and because it was Easter, I was carrying my Faberge egg with me, too."

[CincyDem]

80. Virtually impossible to file a claim on lost cash...

…you better have a bank withdrawal receipt time stamped in the last 10 minutes to get an insurance company to cover lost cash. She’d have a lot more grifting luck claiming that watch was in there


And the guy who did it, I’m sure he had no idea what kind of haul he was going to get. It’s a cheap n cheesy burgers and bar food place with faux wood plastic chairs and red lobster like booths. I’d guess is during any given lunch, you could rob everyone in the place and not come up with 3k.

So…in my best Gomer Pyle voice…”surprise, surprise”.

[MurrayDelph]

82. The other option is that it was

her office's supply of petty cash.

[Walleye]

77. I think I figured it out. She was going to meet this guy and buy some drugs. But he decided just to take the purse.

Unless she just very stupidly flashed that cash in public. Also, I wonder how much she paid for her handbag

[MorbidButterflyTat]

79. Where was she when her purse got "stolen"?

In the restroom with one of the Secret Service guys? Hm?

[Karasu]

83. These are the most stupid, incompetent fascists in history. Far too stupid to even be ELIGIBLE to run for office.

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