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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(135,617 posts)
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 02:02 PM 5 hrs ago

Special Government Employee Corey Lewandowski is no longer special

(NewsNation) — Corey Lewandowski, a special government employee who served as a top adviser to former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, no longer has a role with the DHS, a spokesperson confirmed to NewsNation on Saturday.

Last week, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee called for an investigation, saying that almost immediately after entering the agency, Lewandowski “exercised outsized influence over DHS far beyond what a special government employee is authorized to do.”

Earlier this year, The Wall Street Journal reported that Noem and Lewandowski constantly berated senior DHS staff members and required agency employees to undergo lie detector tests. The report also indicated that Lewandowski fired a Coast Guard pilot for not transferring a weighted blanket belonging to Noem from one government jet to another.

As a special government employee, Lewandowski’s volunteer role was not to exceed 130 days over one year from when he started on Feb. 11, 2025. A spokesperson for Lewandowski said that in his volunteer role with DHS, Lewandowski was not involved with any conversations about seeking government contracts.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/corey-lewandowski-officially-departs-dept-005745632.html

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Special Government Employee Corey Lewandowski is no longer special (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 5 hrs ago OP
Good, let him service the puppy killer on his own time Walleye 5 hrs ago #1
IMO I don't think he even had a security clearance vapor2 5 hrs ago #2
He can take the bus now Blue Owl 4 hrs ago #3
He's not some good guy that volunteered to work for the government, he and Noam are grifters Deuxcents 4 hrs ago #4

Walleye

(44,778 posts)
1. Good, let him service the puppy killer on his own time
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 02:07 PM
5 hrs ago

We may never know how much of his influence caused the terrible behavior by ICE. Good managers do not need lie detector test. A lie detector test will never be a substitute for human judgment. Either you trust somebody or you don’t. I’m starting to think these people weren’t actually brought up right.
I know they claim to be Americans, but they don’t behave like it. Egregious misogyny is rewarded in this administration.

Deuxcents

(26,884 posts)
4. He's not some good guy that volunteered to work for the government, he and Noam are grifters
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 03:07 PM
4 hrs ago

And drafted a most inhumane plan together. Both need to be held accountable

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