Overview
- New reporting highlights Lewandowski selling personalized videos on Cameo, with his account showing paid posts through Halloween and prices reported around $500 per message.
- Several videos depict him invoking his presidential ties, including appearances in clothing bearing the presidential seal and a Camp David jacket.
- Lewandowski serves at DHS as a special government employee advising Secretary Kristi Noem, a category a DHS official says does not require authorization for outside employment.
- A DHS official cautions that leveraging access to the president may violate the Hatch Act, while a State Department official warns the unvetted, anonymous requests on Cameo pose a counterintelligence risk.
- Lewandowski told reporters the payments were intended for charity, though outlets report he did not identify recipients when asked, and past clips include overtly political messages promoting the president’s election effort.