Kristi Noem ‘blindsided’ By Cross-dressing Husband Who Put Her At Risk For Blackmail

Ousted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was “blindsided” by a study alleging that her hubby has been posting photos of himself cross-dressing online.

National information experts said that Bryon Noem’s alleged activities could person put his woman astatine consequence while she served successful President Donald Trump’s cabinet, according to a bombshell Daily Mail report published Tuesday.

Kristi Noem, who was fired earlier this period by Trump, is said to beryllium “devastated” by nan report, which elaborate really nan alleged actions of her hubby of much than 30 years near her “vulnerable to blackmail,” according to the Mail.

The newspaper obtained compromising photographs of Kristi Noem’s security mogul husband, allegedly shared online pinch strangers while she served arsenic Homeland Security chief, wherever she carried retired Trump’s sweeping anti-immigration operation.

“The family was blindsided by this, and they inquire for privateness and prayers astatine nan time,” Kristi Noem’s representatives reacted successful a connection to The New York Post.

National information experts told nan outlet that nan photographs could person been intercepted by “hostile intelligence services.”

During Kristi Noem’s tenure astatine nan department, Bryon Noem was “repeatedly asked for money,” and sent his online acquaintances astatine slightest $25,000, according to nan Daily Mail.

“It's astounding that personification whose spouse is astatine that level has that benignant of bad judgment,” U.S. counterintelligence master Jack Barsky told nan newspaper.

“If a media statement tin find this out, you tin presume pinch a precocious grade of assurance that a dispute intelligence work knows this arsenic well,” added erstwhile CIA serviceman Marc Polymeropoulos.

“Damaging accusation for illustration this tin beryllium a tantalizing lead for a dispute intelligence service,” Polymeropoulos added. “They attack nan personification and say, if you activity pinch america we won't expose this, and if you don't, we will. That's espionage 101.”

Bryon Noem denied that his alleged activities put his woman astatine consequence of blackmail erstwhile reached by telephone by the Daily Mail.

The Independent has contacted nan White House, nan State Department and nan Department of Homeland Security for comment.

The mates joined successful 1992 and person 3 children together.

Bryon Noem sat down his woman arsenic she was grilled by lawmakers successful early March, wherever she gave a capacity that yet ended her clip successful Trump’s cabinet.

During nan legislature hearings, Kristi Noem was probed astir accusations of conducting a taxpayer-funded affair pinch her erstwhile adjutant Corey Lewandowski, who has since near nan Department of Homeland Security.

Both Kristi Noem and Lewandowski person vehemently denied suggestions that they had an affair, pinch nan erstwhile antecedently describing nan rumors arsenic “tabloid garbage” astatine a House hearing. She besides described nan accusations arsenic a “disgusting lie.”

After being fired by Trump, Kristi Noem was named typical envoy to The Shield of nan Americas, a caller and little-known information initiative.

Photographs of Kristi Noem and Lewandowski sitting broadside by broadside were released by nan U.S. Embassy successful Guyana past week, prompting further scrutiny complete allegations that nan brace are having an extramarital affair.