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DOJ probing Trump ally Corey Lewandowski's actions at DHS after IG referral: Sources

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Justice Department prosecutors are investigating the Department of Homeland Security's contracting activities in the first year of the second Trump administration and scrutinizing Corey Lewandowski, a longtime Trump ally who served as ousted DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's top aide, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News.

The investigation is in its early stages, sources said, and followed a referral to the department regarding Lewandowski's conduct from DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari.

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What’s up with Trump’s unhinged rants on male candidates’ bodies at rallies?

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‘They wanted to make a scene’: the 72-year-old paraded in dramatic arrest for ‘voter fraud’

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