
Justin Elliott
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Justin Elliott
@JustinElliott
ProPublica reporter. Email tips/comments/complaints: [email protected] Signal #: https://t.co/KFRucvugyi Also at https://t.co/cgrkziqIkF


Kristi Noem lied under oath. She handpicked four companies for her ad campaign, and her “special” government advisor was at the helm of it. We just referred this false statement to the Justice Department for investigation.

More exciting staff news here @propublica: @JakeSwearingen joins us as the editor of our new business desk! Welcome Jake! propublica.org/atpropublica/j…


New: Kristi Noem claimed to the Senate yesterday that Corey Lewandowski has no role approving contracts at DHS. But internal DHS records and interviews with current and former agency officials contradict her testimony: propublica.org/article/kristi… w/ @js_kaplan


KENNEDY: How do square your concern with waste with the fact you spent $220 million running TV ads that feature you prominently? NOEM: The president tasked me with getting the message out to the country and other countries where we were seeing the invasion come from KENNEDY: You're testifying that President Trump approved them ahead of time? NOEM: Yes sir. They were effective KENNEDY: Well, it was effective for your name recognition. To me, it puts the president in a terribly awkward spot




