https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/08/kristi-noem-corey-lewandowski-alleged-affair-dhs-trump.html

For the past six months, Corey Lewandowski has occupied a, shall we say, nontraditional role at the Department of Homeland Security.

The longtime Donald Trump ally and early-2016 campaign manager is not officially on the DHS roster, nor does he draw a DHS salary. But Trump administration officials and DHS staff have told reporters that he is performing the functions of Secretary Kristi Noem’s chief of staff, while the actual chief of staff position has not been filled.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4932309&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49180692)

Lewandowski, a longtime and controversial Trump adviser, is wielding outsized influence at the Department of Homeland Security as a "special government employee" whose work is supposed to be temporary.

But administration officials tell Axios they believe Lewandowski — a constant presence with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who acts as her de facto chief of staff — has gamed the system by undercounting his work hours to avoid leaving his unpaid job when he should have.

White House officials began monitoring Lewandowski's time at work in recent weeks, Axios has learned.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4932309&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=4593694#49187262)