Overview
- Noem is still staying at a waterfront home on Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, the Wall Street Journal reports, even though she left the Homeland Security post in early March and now serves as a State Department special envoy.
- The residence is traditionally assigned to the Coast Guard commandant, and she moved in after President Trump removed then-commandant Linda Fagan last year.
- Coast Guard personnel say they saw Noem at the property in recent days, and the Wall Street Journal has described frequent visits there by former DHS adviser Corey Lewandowski.
- Admiral Kevin Lunday, the current commandant, has told associates he plans to move into the house soon to free his present quarters for the deputy commandant.
- Homeland Security secretaries do not receive government housing, though several Trump officials have used base lodging citing safety after private addresses were publicized, and reporting has also flagged Noem’s spending on a roughly $70 million private jet and more than $200 million in promotional campaigns.