Garcia Probes Lewandowski’s Shadow Role at DHS
The top Democrat on House Oversight says Trump’s fixer may be breaking ethics laws while ICE gears up for mass deportations.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) is calling it out. In a letter to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Garcia demanded the receipts: every workday Lewandowski logged, every FEMA grant he touched, every contractor he whispered with.
The ranking Democrat on Oversight says Lewandowski has become Noem’s “de facto chief of staff,” a shadow boss who hires, fires, and doles out government money while pretending to be nothing more than a temporary adviser.
“Deeply concerning,” Garcia wrote — the kind of congressional understatement that means staffers are terrified to cross him because they think he can ruin their careers.
He’s ducked badge swipes, padded time sheets, and sidestepped ethics rules like they were traffic cones. And all of this while ICE, the department’s most infamous arm, gears up for the biggest deportation drive in modern history.