Noem was removed as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in March following scrutiny of her leadership during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
\n\nKristi Noem has been accused of publishing an unauthorised press release bearing State Department letterhead after her appointment as special envoy to US President Donald Trump’s Shield of the Americas security initiative came to an end.
\n\nThe State Department announced last week that Noem’s tenure as special envoy had ended, although she would remain at the department as a senior adviser.
\n\nOn October 16, Noem shared a statement on X claiming that her appointment to the Western Hemisphere security initiative had “always been a six-month appointment”. The statement also confirmed that she would continue serving as a senior adviser at the department.
\n\nHowever, a person familiar with Noem’s work at the State Department told Politico reporter Eric Bazail-Eimil that the statement had not been issued or authorised by the department.
\n\n“This was not a press release put out by the State Department,” the source said, adding that Noem had allegedly created fake letterhead to publish the statement on social media.
\n\nThe Independent reported that it had contacted the State Department for clarification regarding the authenticity…
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