Kristi Noem used her office to enrich herself and people close to her.
Posted by Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov, Checked
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Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica TarlovSep 30, 2026
Tax records and CREW reporting document that Noem's personal company, Ashwood Strategies, received about $80,000 in 2023 and about $137,842 in 2024 from a dark-money nonprofit that promotes her political career, while she was governor.
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… It was on his pod, like, when all of this broke about the the breasts. Um, anyway, Christy Noem seems like not a particularly good person, a terrible public servant, um, who obviously used the office to enrich herself and people close to her, um, but just also someone who treated her husband terribly, and humiliating someone like that is unacceptable. Um, Beth Burgess comments, "Natalie is probably videoing you both right now." Hi, Natalie. I do i don't think so. …
Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Tax records show a nonprofit (American Resolve Policy Fund) routed $80,000 in 2023 to Noem's personal Delaware company while she was South Dakota's governor, a payment experts called highly unusual.[2][3][4][5]
Supports. CREW reports the same nonprofit paid Noem's company $137,842 in 2024, and a separate payment tied to adviser Corey Lewandowski, a more than 70 percent increase over 2023.[6]
Supports. The state Government Accountability Board found evidence that Noem engaged in conflict of interest and acted improperly in matters involving her daughter's real-estate license, which bears on using office to benefit people close to her.[1][7]
Context. Noem failed to disclose the nonprofit income on her federal ethics filings, which ethics experts said was a likely violation of federal requirements.[2][4][8]
Context. The DOJ investigation into Lewandowski's conduct at DHS is described as early-stage, and the 'used the office' framing is partly interpretive, so these sources show allegations rather than a finding.[9][10]
Sources
10 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 primary, 7 not rated
- 1Governor debate: Noem for abortion ban, Smith wants changesapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Kristi Noem Secretly Took Personal Cut of Political Donations ...docs.house.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 3Kristi Noem Secretly Took Personal Cut of Political Donationscongress.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Kristi Noem - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5$80K political payout to Kristi Noem spurs ethics complaintsthedakotascout.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Kristi Noem’s company was paid almost $140,000 by a pro-Noem group in 2024 - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washingtoncitizensforethics.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7Gov. Kristi Noem called to dismiss ethics complaint against her, keep some records sealedargusleader.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 8Top 5 Most Corrupt and Alarming Things You Need to ...commoncause.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 9Kristi Noem faces credibility questions as Lewandowski DOJ probe examines DHS contracts | This Week in Noemland Security, Vol. 2, No. 33northernplainsnews.substack.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 10‘Corrupt': Kristi Noem Accused of Faking Letterhead to Save Face as Her Rumored Beau Faces the Fedsm.dailyadvent.com · not rated · cited for: context
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