Kristi Noem tried to save her job with her testimony before Congress in early March. It was Noem’s last breath before leaving.Trump gave up, who reassigned her to a new position where she will probably never be seen again.
The problem was that Noem didn’t just testify. She appears to have repeatedly lied to Congress, and Democrats on the House and Senate Judiciary Committees aren’t letting Noem’s lies slide for one important reason.
The statute of limitations for referring Noem for prosecution is longer than Trump’s remaining time in office.
House and Senate Judiciary Committee members Jamie Raskin and Dick Durbin wrote a letter to the DOJ referring Noem for prosecution for lying to Congress.
Durbin and Raskin wrote to the AGM Pam Bondi:
We are writing to reference evidence showing that Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem repeatedly misled the Senate Committee on the Judiciary during her testimony on March 3, 2026, and the House Committee on the Judiciary during her testimony on March 4, 2026.
A number of his statements appear to violate criminal laws prohibiting perjury and knowingly making false statements to Congress. Under 18 USC §1001, any individual “knowingly and voluntarily…does[] any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or representation… [w]with respect to…any investigation or review, conducted under the authority of any committee, subcommittee, commission, or office of the Congress, in accordance with applicable rules of the House or Senate. Under 18 USC §1621, it is also a federal crime for any individual, “having taken an oath before a court of competent jurisdiction,” to “voluntarily subscribe.”[] as true any material thing that he does not believe to be true.
Democrats explained how the former DHS secretary evaded her testimony, then detailed a series of lies Noem allegedly told under oath.