Kristi Noem: Top Trump official's handbag - containing $3,000 in cash and security pass - stolen in burger restaurant

SkyNews - 22/04
Just before 8pm, a man wearing a face mask walked into the burger restaurant where the US Homeland Security Secretary was eating and stole her bag.

A bag belonging to the US Homeland Security Secretary was stolen on Sunday night - containing thousands of dollars in cash and an ID card that gives access to secure agency buildings.

Kristi Noem was eating at a Washington DC burger restaurant with family when a man in a face covering sat near her table and stole her purse, according to two people familiar with the theft.

Officials confirmed the theft to Sky News' US partner NBC News on Monday.

The cabinet secretary was carrying $3,000 (£2,243) in cash because "her entire family was in town including her children and grandchildren", Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told NBC.

"She was using the withdrawal to treat her family ...
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