Noem Saga Grows More Bizarre as IG Accuses DHS of Blocking Investigations, Including One Involving Butler

In a letter to Congress sent just days before Kristi Noem was removed from her post, Trump-appointed Inspector General Joseph Cuffari charged that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials had "systematically obstructed" his team’s ability to conduct investigations into allegations having "a nexus" to the department, as well as other "audits and inspections" of their operations. The letter documents several alleged instances in which leadership is said to have stymied the independent agency watchdog, including a critical probe into the Secret Service’s failures involving the assassinatio

In a letter to Congress sent just days before Kristi Noem was removed from her post, Trump-appointed Inspector General Joseph Cuffari charged that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials had "systematically obstructed" his team’s ability to conduct investigations into allegations having "a nexus" to the department, as well as other "audits and inspections" of their operations. The letter documents several alleged instances in which leadership is said to have stymied the independent agency watchdog, including a critical probe into the Secret Service’s failures involving the assassinatio