The White House is moving Kristi Noem’s closest allies from Homeland Security, as tensions inside the agency grow over a potential firing list overseen by Stephen Miller.
Ten officials close to Noem were shifted to the State Department where they will assist the ousted Homeland chief in her new role as special envoy for The Shield of the Americas, sources told the Daily Mail.
The move comes after a blacklist containing the names of more than two dozen Noem loyalists has been reviewed by Trump’s Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller – a hardliner who was pivotal in her demise.
Noem’s top deputy chiefs of staff, Joseph Guy, Stephen Munoz, and Troup Hemenway, are set to leave the agency, along with Customs and Border Protection Deputy Commissioner Joseph Mazzara, a close ally of Corey Lewandowski – Noem’s rumored lover. All four were included on the blacklist examined by Miller.
Other officials expected to depart include DHS Deputy General Counsel Giovanna Cinelli, as well as staffers Zachary Watson, Josh King, Octavian Miller, Jayden Bies and Josh Sedore.
Lewandowski will depart Homeland Security, but it’s unclear if he will join Noem at her new job.
‘They should all be f**cking fired’ a DHS insider familiar with the list told the Daily Mail.
White House officials in the personnel department assured some DHS officials they would be protected from any purges, according to multiple DHS sources.

The White House is moving Kristi Noem’s closest allies from Homeland Security

Lewandowski will depart Homeland Security, but it’s unclear if he will join Noem at her new job

The move comes after a blacklist containing the names of more than two dozen Noem loyalists has been reviewed by Trump’s Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller
‘If any such list exists, Stephen Miller hasn’t seen it,’ a White House official told the Daily Mail.
A Homeland Security spokesperson would not confirm the latest move: ‘We have no personnel announcements to make at this time.’
Noem was fired by Trump earlier this month after testifying on Capitol Hill that the President personally approved a controversial $220 million advertisement campaign.
The lavish ad campaign featured Noem riding on a horse at Mount Rushmore in her home state of South Dakota, and galloping beside a stampeding herd of bison.
Noem will be replaced by Markwayne Mullin, a conservative senator from Oklahoma at the end of the month.
Her firing comes as the vast majority of DHS remains shut down due to Democrats’ refusal to approve funding.
Noem was grilled by her fellow Republicans during her Senate committee hearing, including hardline GOP Senator John Kennedy.
Kennedy suggested during his question that Noem participated in the commercial to promote herself rather than the President’s agenda.
‘The President approved ahead of time you spending $220 million running TV ads across the country in which you are featured prominently?’ Kennedy asked her.
Noem claimed Trump personally approved the campaign to which Kennedy replied, ‘to me, it puts the president in a terribly awkward spot.’
‘I’m not saying you’re not telling the truth,’ Kennedy continued. ‘It’s just hard for me to believe, knowing the president as I do, that you said, “Mr President, here’s some ads I’ve cut, and I’m going to spend $220 million running them” that he would have agreed to that.’
The shocking confrontation from Noem’s fellow Republican sent shockwaves through the White House.
Trump fired her just two days later after saying he had never approved or reviewed the advertising campaign.


