The investigations of Corey Lewandowski over Homeland Security contracts
Overview · reviewed October 28, 2026
In October 2026 reports emerged that the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security's were investigating allegations that Corey Lewandowski, President Donald Trump's first campaign manager, had profited from federal contracts while serving as a top adviser to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.[1][2][3]Trump said he had "heard something about" the inquiry.[1]
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Trump said he had "heard something about" the inquiry.[1]
Coverage over time
Share of tracked outlets · weekly (UTC)
8%0%
this week
Oct 19Oct 26Nov 2Nov 9
LeftCenterRightLighter bar: this week so far
Each bar is the share of the outlets on our Left / Center / Right rating scale that we tracked publishing that week which carried reporting on this story, split by the outlets' ratings. We track more outlets now than in the archive, so a share keeps earlier and later weeks comparable. An outlet counts once a week however much it published, and outlets in one ownership or syndication group count as one on each side they appear on. A rating describes the outlet, not the report. A gap means no such reports were collected that week, not that nothing was reported anywhere. Weeks run Monday to Sunday in UTC, so a report published on a Sunday evening in US Eastern time counts in the next week. 2 more outlets off the scale (not rated, or outside the left-right graphs) also reported; they are not in this chart. See them.
Weekly counts, outlets and reports (1 weeks with coverage)
Outlets on the rating scale that carried this story each week, of the outlets tracked that week, newest first
Week of (UTC)
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Receipts
Oct 19, 2026
9
19
11
39 of 479
8%
Latest coverage
The newest reporting in this story's record.
Oct 23, 2026 · first reported · Headline from New York Post
Lewandowski worked closely with Noem at the department but left after she was forced out in March 2026.[3] The inspector general's office began looking into the accusations earlier that year.[2]
