Kristi Noem was unable to cite single election fraud case during secretive Arizona visit
Late this week, chatter began to circulate of an impending visit by U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to discuss “election security.” On the heels of a raid late last month in Fulton County, Georgia, it sparked rumors of a similar raid in Maricopa County to search for non-existent widespread voter fraud.
Noem’s visit ended up being far more pedestrian, even as the agency went to extreme lengths to shroud nearly everything about the trip — and its purpose — in secrecy.
Reporters hoping to attend had to RSVP to Noem’s press conference at an undisclosed location nearly a full day in advance. Early Thursday evening, journalists who were approved were told to arrive at the main Homeland Security office in downtown Phoenix so they could be shuttled to an undisclosed location 30 minutes away. A slew of brand new 2026 all-wheel drive Dodge Durango GTs, some still with the dealer window sticker in the backseat, created a convoy that drove reporters to a Homeland Security Investigations field office in north Scottsdale.
In the days preceding, sources had sent the Arizona Mirror and other media outlets screenshots of a media advisory claiming Noem would be in Phoenix to discuss “election security” with local officials. The Mirror did not receive the initial advisory and did not receive a response to questions about it from DHS until the night prior to the event.
https://azmirror.com/2026/02/13/kristi-noem-was-unable-to-cite-single-election-fraud-case-during-secretive-arizona-visit/
