Scoop: House Democrat seeks impeachment hearings into DHS Secretary Kristi Noem

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: msn/Axios

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Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) is pressing the House Judiciary Committee to begin impeachment hearings into Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: House Democrats are increasingly turning to impeachment as their go-to cudgel against not only President Trump himself, but many of his Cabinet officials.

Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) filed articles of impeachment against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week on a litany of charges mostly related to his efforts to roll back public health measures.

Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) filed articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week over Signalgate and a reported double-tap strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat in the Caribbean.

Driving the news: In a letter to Judiciary Committee chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Ramirez demanded a "complete investigation into Secretary Noem's unlawful and potentially impeachable actions."

The letter accuses Noem of "unethical behavior," pointing to reports that a firm tied to the DHS secretary allegedly received DHS contract money and that the Coast Guard spent $172 million to buy her two private jets.

It also alleges she made "false and misleading" statements to Congress about DHS and ICE operations and accuses her of undermining the separation of powers by ignoring court orders.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/scoop-house-democrat-seeks-impeachment-hearings-into-dhs-secretary-kristi-noem/ar-AA1S9ZFu

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Link to Rep. Ramirez LETTER (PDF viewer) - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26371287-delia-ramirez-noem-impeachment-letter/

Link to Rep. Ramirez LETTER (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26371287/delia-ramirez-noem-impeachment-letter.pdf

[Paladin]

1. A Noem impeachment is way the hell overdue.

Same goes for the rest of trump's trash-heap appointments. Far and away the worst cabinet in this nation's history.

[Volaris]

2. The ones I'm waiting for are Pamela and Kash.

Will be fun watching those two self-important dipshits grandstand their way right into a fucking holding cell.

Dems need to start putting on a Show. Every day, twice a day for the next 10 months. I don't care if it's the deputy deputy assistant press secretary for.... national parks. Drag them down there and ask them questions we already know the answers to, and watch them figure out in real time they may as well be being deposed. The lawyers in congress need to start acting like it.
Put on a show and MAKE the american people BE EMBARRASSED by these fools.

[ck4829]

7. It really is

[BradBo]

3. Geee what took you so long?

[Farmer-Rick]

4. Didn't puppy killer just walk out of her hearing

While she was still being asked questions? She such a pathetic piece of crap she can't even stand up to a few questions. What a sad, sad, little girl she is.

[Hotler]

5. They nix the impeachment of the orange convict but they're going after krispy kream.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. Remember this?

(so much has gone on over the past 5 years)

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. MaddowBlog-DHS' Noem faces new articles of impeachment backed by dozens of House Democrats

The effort to hold the Homeland Security secretary to account probably won’t pass, but that doesn’t make it irrelevant.

The impeachment effort targeting Kristi Noem almost certainly won’t succeed, at least not anytime soon, but it’s starting with a heck of a lot more congressional support than the usual impeachment resolutions. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-01-14T19:34:38.227Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/kristi-noem-impeached-impeachment-house-democrats

Last week, Democratic Rep. Robin Kelly of Illinois announced plans to file articles of impeachment against Noem. This week, she followed through — along with quite a few of her colleagues. HuffPost reported:

With the support of nearly 70 colleagues, Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) on Wednesday introduced three articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

The first accuses Noem of obstruction of Congress, for denying lawmakers access to Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities to provide oversight. The second accuses her of violating public trust, for directing DHS agents to arrest people without warrants and for ignoring due process. The third accuses her of self-dealing, for secretly steering a federal contract to a firm run by her friend.

“Secretary Noem has called my impeachment effort ‘silly,’” Kelly told reporters. “I want to tell her right now, ‘Secretary Noem, you have violated your oath of office, and there will be consequences. I am watching you. Members of Congress are watching you. The American people, most importantly, are watching you.’”

Rep. Kelly: Secretary Noem, you have violated your oath of office. And there will be consequences.

— FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social) 2026-01-14T16:58:52.736519087Z

....The articles of impeachment against Noem, however, are quantitatively different: Kelly’s resolution was introduced with the support of 69 House Democrats, which represents roughly a third of the party’s conference in the chamber, and there’s no reason to assume that total won’t grow.....

But there’s certainly symbolic value in the Democratic effort, which is being used to draw attention to the failures and outrages at the Department of Homeland Security. Watch this space.