A spokesperson for Noem, who has three children with Bryon has addressed the issue and said the former Secretary of Homeland Security is ‘devastated’.

“The family was blindsided by this. They ask for privacy and prayers at this time,” they said. President Donald Trump has also weighed in on the issue, saying he ‘feels badly’ for the Noem family as the report makes headlines.

Trump said, “They confirmed it? Wow, well, I feel badly for the family if that’s the case, that’s too bad.”

He went on to clarify, “I haven’t seen anything. I don’t know anything about it. That’s too bad, but I just know nothing about it.”

According to the report, Bryon’s first alleged encounter happened when Noem was still head of the DHS. This could have hugely jeopardized the former Secretary of Homeland Security’s position.

Former CIA officer Marc Polymeropoulos said of it, “If a media organization can find this out, you can assume with a high degree of confidence that a hostile intelligence service knows this as well.”

He went on to explain, “Damaging information like this can be a tantalizing lead for a hostile intelligence service. They approach the person and say, if you work with us we won’t expose this, and if you don’t, we will. That’s espionage 101.”

After being fired by the Department of Homeland Security, Kristi now serves as the Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas (a multinational military coalition established by Trump).

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