{"id":42261,"date":"2025-07-16T12:58:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T16:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/?post_type=article&#038;p=42261"},"modified":"2026-01-27T11:36:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:36:26","slug":"top-5-most-corrupt-and-alarming-things-you-need-to-know-about-kristi-noem","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/articles\/top-5-most-corrupt-and-alarming-things-you-need-to-know-about-kristi-noem\/","title":{"rendered":"Las 5 cosas m\u00e1s corruptas y alarmantes que debes saber sobre Kristi Noem"},"template":"","class_list":["post-42261","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"From personally profiting off political donations to undermining federal law enforcement, Noem\u2019s behavior raises serious questions about her fitness for public office. ","featured_image":"","article_type":1103,"authors":"","related_issues":[2082,130,137],"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kristi Noem has built a political brand around toughness and conservative values, but behind the slogans lies a troubling record of self-dealing, ethical breaches, and authoritarian overreach. From personally profiting off political donations to undermining federal law enforcement, Noem\u2019s behavior raises serious questions about her fitness for public office. Here\u2019s what you need to know:<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>1. Secret Payments<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2023, while she was South Dakota\u2019s governor, Noem quietly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2025\/7\/1\/headlines\/propublica_investigation_finds_kristi_noem_secretly_took_a_cut_of_political_donations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">funneled 10% <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of donations \u2014 roughly $80,000 \u2014 from the nonprofit <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American Resolve Policy Fund <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">into her personal Delaware LLC, Ashwood Strategies. She failed to disclose this income on her federal ethics forms when joining Trump\u2019s cabinet, despite being legally required to.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By mentioning her LLC but omitting the payment, Noem hid a personal payday connected to a political fundraising vehicle, a clear-cut ethics violation and a massive red flag for anyone who values transparency.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>2. Pressured Officials to Give Her Daughter a Real Estate License<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When her daughter\u2019s real estate appraiser license was denied, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/democraticgovernors.org\/updates\/new-ap-report-corrupt-kristi-noem-exposed-for-abuse-of-power-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Noem intervened directly<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, summoning state employees, her daughter, and top officials to the governor\u2019s mansion. Days later, the license denial was reversed and the agency head was effectively forced out of her position.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The result? A $200,000 taxpayer-funded settlement and a state ethics inquiry. This isn\u2019t just bad optics, it's blatant nepotism and abuse of executive power for personal family gain. <\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>3. Luxurious Personal Spending on the Taxpayers\u2019 Dime<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Noem has a history of treating public funds like a personal account. She <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/articles\/kristi-noem-under-fire-secret-payments-luxurious-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">spent over $60,000<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> decorating the governor\u2019s mansion, including luxury items like saunas and chandeliers. On top of that, she billed more than $640,000 in state-paid travel, including trips to Paris, Canada, and Texas.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While South Dakota citizens worked through real economic struggles, Noem prioritized image, luxury, and vanity projects, with the public paying her bill.<\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_featured_action","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_featured_action":{"action_to_show":"choose","image_side":"left","action":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"act\",\"post_id\":54814}"],"title":"","summary":"","post_link":null,"secondary_link":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<b>4. Pushing Extremist Conspiracy Theories<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Homeland Security Secretary, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/14\/us\/politics\/fbi-kristi-noem-dhs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Noem publicly accused the FBI<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of leaking details of a planned ICE raid, calling the agency corrupt. The FBI forcefully denied the accusation, calling it \u201cdeeply irresponsible\u201d and noting no evidence supports her claim. Her rhetoric fans the flames of far-right conspiracy theories and undermines public confidence in government.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is part of a broader pattern: inflammatory posturing to energize a political base, even if it damages institutions and public trust.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>5. Created Divisions Between Tribal Nations and the State<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Noem accused tribal leaders of profiting from drug cartels on Native reservations without offering a shred of evidence. As a result, Indigenous leaders across South Dakota condemned the comments as racially charged and false, with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/article\/2024\/jun\/21\/kristi-noem-banned-tribal-lands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tribes barring her from their land<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> entirely.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rather than engaging Native nations with respect and diplomacy, Noem chose division and scapegoating, deepening historical wounds and undermining tribal sovereignty.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From enriching herself on political donations to manipulating state resources for her personal gain, Noem\u2019s record is a severe breach of public trust and ethical governance. She\u2019s essentially profiting from her own political rise, further showing her lack of accountability.\u00a0<\/span>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_related_articles","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_related_articles":{"heading":"Updates","button_text":"See all Related Articles","manually_curate":false,"articles":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Top 5 Most Corrupt and Alarming Things You Need to Know About Kristi Noem - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"From personally profiting off political donations to undermining federal law enforcement, Noem\u2019s behavior raises serious questions about her fitness for public office.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/articulos-2\/top-5-most-corrupt-and-alarming-things-you-need-to-know-about-kristi-noem\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Top 5 Most Corrupt and Alarming Things You Need to Know About Kristi Noem\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From personally profiting off political donations to undermining federal law enforcement, Noem\u2019s behavior raises serious questions about her fitness for public office.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/articulos-2\/top-5-most-corrupt-and-alarming-things-you-need-to-know-about-kristi-noem\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-27T16:36:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/90caf14b-4b7c-49d7-8824-11da99ebd900.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CommonCause\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/top-5-most-corrupt-and-alarming-things-you-need-to-know-about-kristi-noem\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/top-5-most-corrupt-and-alarming-things-you-need-to-know-about-kristi-noem\/\",\"name\":\"Top 5 Most Corrupt and Alarming Things You Need to Know About Kristi Noem - 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