Kristi Noem's agency purchased airplanes from a political donor's firm at a substantial markup during her final days in office.

More #MAGA grift. “In the last hours of Kristi Noem’s tenure as the homeland security secretary, her agency delivered a windfall to one of her political donors by buying five airplanes from the man’s firm at a substantial markup, documents show.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/us/politics/kristi-noem-planes-donor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GFE.wmr4.v9mBUsunJy4w&smid=nytcore-ios-share #USpol #Trump #corruption #DHS #Noem #GiftArticle #GiftLink

"In the last hours of #Noem’s tenure as the #DHS Sec,🚨her agency delivered a windfall to one of her political donors by buying 5 airplanes from the man’s firm at a substantial markup. DHS🚨agreed to pay the donor’s firm $108M for a Boeing 737 airliner that'd been converted into a massive private jet, complete with a stand-up bar... Daedalus Aviation Corp had bought the same plane a few months earlier from a seller who'd asked for <$90M..." #Corruption #DHS #Trump #USPol https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/us/politics/kristi-noem-planes-donor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GFE.kaw6.UmvNE8xFv3N3&smid=url-share