A source said that they had personally seen Noem «playing grab-ass» and «sitting on his [Lewandowski’s] lap» at a gathering at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in December 2020.
A rising Republican star who is widely expected to serve as Donald Trump’s running mate should he win the nomination has been having an affair for years, according to reports. Kristi Noem, the married Republican governor of South Dakota, has been having an affair with Corey Lewandowski for years, according to multiple sources.
While there are no known images capturing intimate moments between the two, sources noted that they have not been particularly discreet about their relationship. One source told the New York Post that he vividly remembered seeing the two kissing at a hotel bar during the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida.
Secret Affair
The revelation of this relationship is now posing a significant threat to Noem’s prospects of being chosen as Trump’s running mate in a potential rematch against President Joe Biden.
The witness remembers Noem and Lewandowski getting «handsy» at the Hyatt Regency Orlando’s bar while there were between 100 and 200 other people present. «I remember it was so absurdly blatant and public,» the person claimed.
«It wasn’t like 2 a.m.,» the source said. «It isn’t like we caught them at some dive bar miles away. It’s a lobby bar where everyone is staying and so there’s a bajillion political operatives and journalists and electeds around. I remember I saw it with my own eyes and a couple other people saw it and the blatantness was absurd.»
«This has been a known, open thing and we’ve all been waiting for it to blow up at some point,» the person added.
The affair came to light just a week after Noem, a mother of three, publicly endorsed the 77-year-old Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. This endorsement heightened speculation that Trump, the 45th president, might select her as his running mate.
