Kristi Noem’s Senate confirmation hearing mysteriously postponed over issues with the FBI
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Paperwork blamed for two-day delay to South Dakota Governor’s job interview with Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has had her Senate confirmation hearing abruptly postponed by two days.
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Governor Noem had been due to be grilled by senators from the chamber’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday about her suitability for the role. A hearing for North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, which had been set for Tuesday with the Senate’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee following his nomination for secretary of the interior, has also been postponed until Thursday, a delay likewise attributed to a paperwork holdup.
“Despite his compliance and the Energy and Natural Resources Committee noticing the hearing in accordance with all rules, the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) has yet to complete its review,” said that committee’s chair Mike Lee. “This bureaucratic delay is unacceptable.”.
The OGE has further been blamed for the failure, as yet, to schedule a hearing for former Hawaii representative Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s choice for director of national security. “It’s a paperwork problem right now with the Office of Government Ethics,” Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso said on Sunday.
“We had hoped to have the hearing later this week. It looks like it’s going to be the following week.”. Noem made international headlines last April after revealing in her memoir No Going Back that she had once shot dead her family dog Cricket, 14-month-old female wirehaired pointer, as well as a “disgusting, musky, rancid” goat kept at her hunting lodge.
