(José Niño, Headline USA) Bryon Noem, the husband of former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, has been revealed as a secret crossdresser who wore fake breasts and pink shorts while paying adult performers for explicit conversations, The Daily Mail reported.
As his wife oversaw critical national security matters at DHS, Bryon, 56, was dressing up and transferring money to women involved in the “bimbofication” scene, a fetish community where porn performers alter themselves to resemble real life Barbie dolls by injecting massive quantities of saline into their breasts.
The Daily Mail examined hundreds of messages with three women. Bryon showered their surgically altered bodies with compliments, expressed his fascination with “huge, huge ridiculous boobs,” and offered revealing remarks about his 34 year marriage to Kristi.
National security analysts cautioned that his activities may have exposed the former DHS secretary to blackmail risks.
“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,” warned former CIA officer Marc Polymeropoulos.
Photos shared with his online contacts show Bryon in a flesh toned crop top and tight pink shorts, apparently with balloons stuffed beneath his shirt to mimic breasts. A separate image depicts him wearing form fitting green leggings and a white top stretched across two prominent bulges. His face is unmistakably visible in both pictures.
Text and WhatsApp exchanges show that Bryon received repeated requests for money throughout the 14 months Noem ran the country’s biggest federal law enforcement agency. He transferred at least $25,000 to his online contacts through Cash App and PayPal.
Jack Barsky, a former Soviet spy who became a US counterintelligence asset, told The Daily Mail the blackmail potential was disturbing.
“It’s astounding that somebody whose spouse is at that level has that kind of bad judgment,” he said.
Polymeropoulos concurred. “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.”
When the Daily Mail contacted Bryon by phone, he did not dispute having explicit exchanges or distributing photos of himself dressed as a woman. Asked whether he had made careless comments about his wife and potentially compromised national security, he answered, “Yeah, I made no comments like that, that would lead to that. I deny the second part of that.” He then ended the call.
“Mrs. Noem is devastated,” a spokesperson for the former DHS Secretary stated. “The family was blindsided by this. They ask for privacy and prayers at this time.”
Bryon operated under the pseudonym “Jason Jackson” when messaging the women, flattering their figures and pledging to worship them. A PayPal account registered to “Jason Jackson” made regular transfers ranging from $500 to $1,000.
One woman recounted accidentally pocket dialing him and hearing a voicemail message stating “Noem Insurance, leave a message.” A brief Google search returned photos of Kristi and Bryon Noem.
“I was completely shocked,” the woman said. “I said, ‘Why are you doing this?’ I didn’t think hot guys did this. He said he didn’t care. I thought, you should care – your wife could lose everything she’s ever worked for.”
The Daily Mail had previously reported on Kristi Noem’s alleged multi year affair with close advisor Corey Lewandowski. During a March 4 congressional hearing, California Democrat Sydney Kamlager Dove questioned the departing DHS Secretary about whether she had sexual relations with Lewandowski. Noem avoided a direct denial, instead firing back, “I am shocked that we’re going down and peddling tabloid garbage in this committee.”
When one of the women inquired about the affair allegations, Bryon responded, “I know. There’s nothing I can do about it.”
Trump dismissed Noem from the cabinet in March following bipartisan backlash over her management of the Minneapolis deportation operations during which two U.S. citizens were fatally shot by ICE agents. Markwayne Mullin has since taken over at DHS while Noem transitioned to special envoy for the Shield of the Americas initiative.
José Niño is the deputy editor of Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/JoseAlNino
