DHS Sec. Noem moved to home on military base after media reports on private residence raised ‘threats and security concerns’

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, because of the efforts of the agencies she leads to combat illegal immigration and illicit drug trafficking, has endured both intense scrutiny from an oppositional media as well as heightened threats against her safety by those who seek to do her harm.

Because of the serious safety concerns for the secretary, Noem has been forced to relocate temporarily from a private home she rents in a Washington D.C. neighborhood to a more secure government-owned residence on a nearby military base, according to the New York Post.

That move became necessary after Noem was “doxxed” by the media and had the location of her private residence publicly revealed earlier this year.

Noem relocated “due to threats and security concerns”

Responding to new reports about the secretary’s relocation, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said on Friday, “Following the media’s publishing of the location of Secretary Noem’s Washington D.C. apartment, she has faced vicious doxxing on the dark web and a surge in death threats, including from the terrorist organizations, cartels, and criminal gangs that DHS targets.”

“Due to threats and security concerns, she has been forced to temporarily stay in secure military housing,” she stated. “Secretary Noem continues to pay rent for her Navy Yard residence.”

The Post reported that Noem is not alone among DHS personnel facing increased threats against their personal safety, as it was just revealed last week that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and officers have suffered a nearly 1,000% increase in physical assaults against them.

In an X post last week, Noem wrote, “Our brave ICE law enforcement are now facing a 1000% increase in assaults against them as they risk their lives to arrest the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens. These acts of violence are fueled by sanctuary politicians rhetoric vilifying our law enforcement.”

“We will not and have not let this violence stop us or slow us down,” she added. “Everyday our law enforcement continues to enforce the law and arrest the most depraved criminals including pedophiles, terrorists, murderers, gang members, and sexual predators.”

Coast Guard residence revealed

The statement from DHS about Secretary Noem’s current living arrangement likely came in response to an article from The Washington Post that revealed she is now residing rent-free in Quarters 1, an upscale waterfront residence on Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in D.C., which is typically the home of the U.S. Coast Guard commandant.

The Post confirmed what had initially been reported last month by the Daily Mail, which is the same outlet that precipitated the move when it published photos of the private luxury apartment that Noem rents in D.C.’s Navy Yard neighborhood in April.

Rather predictably, The Post’s article focused sharply on the criticism Noem has received for not paying rent for the Coast Guard residence, to which DHS spokeswoman McLaughlin replied that it was “sad” that critics and journalists would “suggest a rancher should have to pay a second rent because of a reporter’s irresponsible decisions to dox where she lives.”

Nonetheless, The Post proceeded to report at length about the “unusual arrangement” of Noem occupying the Coast Guard commandant’s home, not to mention critiques about her use of a Coast Guard jet for travel, even as it acknowledged that she is in charge of that military branch and is required to use the small plane, as well as that other officials have resided in government-owned military housing for other reasons, though they typically paid a fair market rent for the accommodations.

Media keeps “endangering her security”

The Washington Examiner reported that McLaughlin said of The Post’s report, “As the DHS officers Secretary Noem leads face a 1,000% increase in assaults against them, the Washington Post chose to again publish where Secretary Noem is staying — endangering her security.”

The DHS spokeswoman added, “It’s a shame that the media chooses sensationalism over the safety of people enforcing America’s laws to keep Americans safe.”

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