From Fox News: Congressional Democrats are seeking criminal charges against Kristi Noem weeks after President Donald Trump ousted her from leadership of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the top Democrats on their respective chambers’ Judiciary Committees, sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday accusing Noem of lying to Congress during back-to-back hearings earlier this month.
“A number of her statements appear to violate criminal statutes prohibiting perjury and knowingly making false statements to Congress,” the letter said. “After months of evading our Committees’ requests to testify in routine oversight hearings, Secretary Noem made a series of demonstrably false statements in a brazen attempt to undermine critical congressional oversight of the Department of Homeland Security.”
The top Democrats on the Senate and House Judiciary committees charged that there were four categories of statements Noem made during her testimony before the respective panels where the DHS chief could have perjured herself.
The Democrats acused Noem of lying about whether DHS follows court orders, Corey Lewandowski’s role in DHS contracts, whether immigration enforcement has detained U.S. citizens, and the contracting process for a $220 million ad campaign heavily featuring Noem.
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“Committing perjury and knowingly making false statements to Congress is a crime. Kristi Noem made several demonstrably false statements during her disastrous appearances earlier this month. We just made a criminal referral to the Justice Department,” Durbin announced.
Committing perjury and knowingly making false statements to Congress is a crime.
Kristi Noem made several demonstrably false statements during her disastrous appearances earlier this month.
We just made a criminal referral to the Justice Department.
— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) March 16, 2026
In a statement on X, Raskin declared, “In her testimony before the House and Senate, @Sec_Noem told brazen lies about what’s taking place at DHS. That’s why today, @SenatorDurbin and I are officially referring her to the DOJ to be investigated for perjury related to DHS chaos and dysfunction, an offense with a 5-year statute of limitation.”
In her testimony before the House and Senate, @Sec_Noem told brazen lies about what’s taking place at DHS. That’s why today, @SenatorDurbin and I are officially referring her to the DOJ to be investigated for perjury related to DHS chaos and dysfunction, an offense with a 5-year…
— Rep. Jamie Raskin (@RepRaskin) March 16, 2026
Kristi Noem lied under oath.
She handpicked four companies for her ad campaign, and her “special” government advisor was at the helm of it.
We just referred this false statement to the Justice Department for investigation. pic.twitter.com/zGWUzmj6ho
— Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryDems) March 16, 2026
🚨BREAKING: Judiciary Ranking Members @RepRaskin and @SenatorDurbin refer Kristi Noem to Justice Department for perjury investigation.https://t.co/UtyD9eQsnr
— House Judiciary Dems (@HouseJudiciary) March 16, 2026
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