Ex-GOP strategist Rick Wilson delivered “bad news” for outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her chief of staff – and alleged lover – Corey Lewandowski on Saturday, warning the pair during an appearance on MS NOW that their trouble had only just begun.
Noem was ousted as head of DHS by President Donald Trump earlier this month after internal frustrations mounted over her leadership, and over her alleged affair with Lewandowski, who, like Noem, is married.
While Noem is set to leave the agency as its leader on March 31, Wilson argued that both her and Lewandowski’s "outrageous acts of corruption” – which include Noem’s $200 million taxpayer-funded public relations campaign and Lewandowski’s alleged “pay-to-play” scheme – will come back to haunt them.
“You saw Republicans going at Noem very hard in that last hearing before she was fired because there's an understanding now that they were using this as a piggy bank, that Lewandowski was handing out contracts in a pay-to-play scheme – that is the understanding that is emerging every single day,” Wilson said.
“It's totally on brand for Lewandowski and he is going to end up in the hot seat as well. And there's a chance that Trump doesn't pardon them and they will end up facing criminal charges.”
Wilson also argued that both would likely be forced to testify before Congress, and that, in the case of Noem, her controversies would continue to plague her for the rest of her life.
“And by the way, I've got bad news for both – they're not going to get away from not testifying again, they're going to be on the hot seat again,” he said. “Kristi Noem is going to spend the rest of her political life – probably the rest of her adult life – dealing with the fallout from the behavior she engaged in at DHS.”
