ICE Barbie’s Embarrassing $145M Last-Minute Blunder Exposed

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cannedtuna@lemmy.world

4 days ago

Noem … put plans in place to purchase (an empty warehouse) in Salt Lake City, Utah, for $145.4 million in order to help ramp up detentions…

…the large warehouse was valued by tax assessors in 2025 at $97 million, meaning Noem and DHS paid nearly 50 percent more than the property was worth…

The deal … was finalized on March 11, six days after Trump fired Noem as Homeland Security secretary, but before she officially left DHS on March 31.

…a report from commercial real estate firm CoStar found that ICE had overpaid by an average of 11 to 13 percent above market value for the other 10 properties.

The overpriced warehouse purchase in Utah and other states is now part of an internal DHS investigation into acquisitions and contracts made by Noem and Corey Lewandowski, the top Trump ally with whom Noem has long been rumored to be having an affair.

I want to know who’s profiting off these real estate sales. Wanna bet Noem has her own grift running with the guy she’s cheating with?

jacksilver@lemmy.world

3 days ago

We already know she was giving contracts and deals to family /herself - https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group

empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com

4 days ago

Not a blunder. Intentional grift. 100% guarantee someone in the admin was in on the deal and made out with instant 50% profit.

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