Five companies were together awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in federal contracts from the Department of Homeland Security during Kristi Noem’s tenure. They all appear linked to one man who is now a focus of congressional Democrats’ investigation into Noem.
Congressional Democrats are investigating the pay-to-play allegations roiling the former Homeland Security secretary and her close adviser, Corey Lewandowski. That investigation has zeroed in on how William Walters, a former State Department employee, landed lucrative deals to help with President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda, among other things, according to a letter Rep. Robert Garcia sent Walters Thursday.
Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, is demanding Walters answer questions about whether his companies paid Lewandowski in return for “favorable treatment” in the DHS contracting process, according to a letter shared exclusively with NOTUS. Walters has been cited as a pro-Trump donor; he donated $10,000 in 2024 to a super PAC affiliated with Noem. The Washington Post reported that Walters also donated to pro-Trump group America First Policy Institute.