作者：[普莉西拉·阿尔瓦雷斯]，[加布·科恩]，[迈克尔·威廉姆斯]
更新于 2 小时前
更新时间：2026年3月26日，美国东部时间下午5:47
发布时间：2026年3月26日，美国东部时间下午5:40
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科里·卢万多夫斯基（左）与克里斯蒂·诺姆。
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据两名知情人士透露，美国国土安全部监察长办公室已对合同的征集和处理方式展开大规模调查，其中包括前部长克里斯蒂·诺姆及其实际幕僚长科里·卢万多夫斯基的参与情况。
诺姆在国土安全部（DHS）处理合同的方式，是本月早些时候被总统唐纳德·特朗普解雇的主要导火索之一。据美国有线电视新闻网报道，卢万多夫斯基对该部门的微观管理（包括其在合同中的参与）一直是与白宫官员关系紧张的持续根源。
根据监察长办公室官网信息，该办公室此前已宣布对国土安全部在2025财年授予的“非通过充分公开竞争方式”的拨款和合同展开审计。监察长约瑟夫·卡法里在3月初曾向国会抱怨，国土安全部领导层一直在阻挠其部分工作。
一名知情人士表示，此次涉及诺姆和卢万多夫斯基的监察长调查与此前宣布的审计是分开的。该人士称，调查人员已要求数十名国土安全部官员保存相关记录。
国土安全部监察长办公室发言人在向美国有线电视新闻网的声明中表示，其办公室不确认或否认调查的存在，并指出对部分国土安全部拨款和合同的审计是国会强制要求且每年都需进行的。目前尚不清楚监察长具体调查哪些合同。发言人补充说，由于负责审计的团队因国土安全部停摆被临时解雇，此次审计已暂停。
声明称：“一旦资金恢复，审计工作将恢复进行。”
美国有线电视新闻网已联系卢万多夫斯基列出的电话号码和电子邮件地址，请求其就监察长调查置评。目前在国务院担任打击毒品走私特使的诺姆，将置评请求转至国土安全部。
本月早些时候的两次国会听证会上，包括部分共和党人在内的国会议员，特别批评了价值2.2亿美元的广告合同——这些合同用于宣传国土安全部使命，并大量突出诺姆的形象。
诺姆为这笔支出辩护称，广告成功说服非法移民离开美国。但她同时声称特朗普批准了该广告支出，而特朗普后来否认了这一点。
诺姆还制定了一项政策，要求她对所有超过10万美元的拨款和合同进行审批，这意味着她需介入多项联邦合同的审批流程。
美国有线电视新闻网此前报道，该政策在部门内部引发广泛不满，因为大多数合同金额都超过了10万美元，导致去年一系列自然灾害后急需的救济资金出现资金瓶颈。
在特朗普执政第一年，国土安全部获得了创纪录的资金以执行总统的驱逐议程——这是其政府的核心目标，也是特朗普成功竞选总统的关键策略。
去年，该机构通过《超级漂亮法案》获得了1650亿美元的注入，其中仅移民和海关执法局（ICE）就获得650亿美元。这些资金被用于从雇佣数千名额外的ICE官员，到建造大型拘留中心以关押被该机构拘留的移民等多个方面。
在诺姆被解雇前几天，卡法里在致国会的一封信中称，该机构在过去几个月里“系统性地阻挠”其工作，包括拒绝提供内部记录和信息。信中列举了11起监察长办公室称遭到阻挠的事件，其中包括一起“涉及国家安全影响的刑事调查”。
现任国土安全部部长马克韦恩·穆林在确认听证会上誓言，将依法配合监察长工作。
穆林表示：“我将依法和你们要求的政策，尽我所能。对我而言，没有灰色地带。”
DHS internal watchdog launches investigation into handling of contracts under Noem, Lewandowski | CNN Politics
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[Priscilla Alvarez]
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[Gabe Cohen]
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[Michael Williams]
Updated 2 hr ago
Updated Mar 26, 2026, 5:47 PM ET
PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2026, 5:40 PM ET
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Corey Lewandowski, left, and Kristi Noem.
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The Department of Homeland Security inspector general has launched a sprawling investigation into how contracts have been solicited and handled, including the involvement of former Secretary Kristi Noem and her de facto chief of staff Corey Lewandowski, according to two sources familiar with the probe.
Noem’s handling of contracts within DHS was one of the main catalysts for her ouster by President Donald Trump earlier this month. Lewandowski’s micromanagement of the department, including his involvement in contracts, was a persistent source of tension with White House officials, CNN has reported.
The Office of the Inspector General previously announced an audit into DHS grants and contracts awarded “by any means other than full and open competition during fiscal year 2025,” according to its website. The inspector general, Joseph Cuffari, complained to Congress in early March that DHS leadership had been obstructing some of his work.
One of the sources familiar with the issue said the IG investigation that includes Noem and Lewandowski is separate from the previously announced audit. The source said investigators had ordered dozens of DHS officials to preserve records as part of the new probe.
In a statement to CNN, a spokesperson for the DHS OIG said its office does not confirm or deny the existence of an investigation, and noted that its audit of some DHS grants and contracts is congressionally mandated and required on a yearly basis. It is not clear which specific contracts the IG is investigating. The OIG audit, the spokesperson added, is paused because the team handling the audit was furloughed as part of the DHS shutdown.
“Once funding is restored, this audit will be resumed,” the statement said.
CNN has reached out to a phone number and email address listed for Lewandowski for comment about the inspector general’s probe. The State Department, where Noem currently works as a special envoy focusing on countering drug trafficking, referred a request for comment back to DHS.
During a pair of congressional hearings earlier this month, members of Congress, including some Republicans, were particularly critical of the $220 million worth of advertising contracts that were doled out to promote the agency’s mission and which prominently featured Noem.
Noem defended the spending by saying those advertisements successfully convinced undocumented immigrants to leave the United States. But she also claimed that Trump had approved that advertisement spending, which the president later denied.
Noem also instituted a policy that required her approval of any grants and contracts over $100,000, therefore requiring her to be read in on multiple federal contracts for approval.
That policy prompted broad complaints within the agency where most contracts exceeded that amount and caused bottlenecks in funding for much-needed relief after a string of natural disasters last year, CNN previously reported.
During Trump’s first year in office, DHS received an unprecedented amount of funding to carry out the president’s deportation agenda – a cornerstone goal of his administration and one which he successfully used to run for president.
The agency last year received a $165 billion infusion from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, including $65 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement alone. The funding is being used from everything to hiring thousands of additional ICE officers to building sprawling detention centers to hold immigrants detained by the agency.
In a letter to Congress just prior to Noem’s ouster earlier this month, Cuffari said the agency had “systematically obstructed” its work over the last several months, including by denying access to internal records and information. The letter goes on to list 11 instances in which OIG said it was obstructed – including one having to do with “a criminal investigation with national security implications.”
Current DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin vowed during his confirmation hearing that he would cooperate with the inspector general to the extent required by law.
“I will do everything required of me by law and the policies that you guys give me,” Mullin said. “There won’t be any gray area with me.”
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