WASHINGTON, DC: Corey Lewandowski, the Trump advisor who is reportedly having an affair with South Dakota governor Kristi Noem, is married to Allison Lewandowski.
The Massachusetts-born 47-year-old teacher studied at the University of Massachusetts, Lowel. Lewandowski and Allison have been married since 2005.
Was Allison Lewandowski married before?
Allison was earlier married to Brian Kinney in 1998. The pair was married for three years before Kinney tragically died in the 9/11 attack.
However, Lewandowski and Allison, as per Sun, dated in high school and college before parting ways initially.
Following Kinney's death, Lewandowski and Allison got in touch again and after getting married, she gave birth to four children.
“When you have a great support system at home, it makes your job a lot easier," Allison said.
"While I know it’s difficult on her and the kids, they understand what we’re trying to accomplish here is very, very important for future generations,” she said of her husband in NH Business Reviewback in 2021.
Was Kristi Noem considered as a contender for the 2024 presidential run?
Kristi Noem was considered as a contender for the 2024 presidential run but she opted not to run telling Fox News in August, “Why run if you can’t win?”
She suggested no Republican can win as long as Trump was running.
Lewandowski, who has long been linked to Kristi, had been pushing hard for Trump to add her to his ticket.
"He may not be very smart, but it takes big balls to lobby to have your mistress named one of the most powerful people in the country," one GOP operative told Daily Mail.
Some reports also suggest that Corey Lewandowski has had an affair with campaign secretary Hope Hickins. He was also arrested for manhandling Breitbart News reporter Michelle Fields, however, the charges were later dropped.
What did people say about Corey Lewandowski and Kristi Noem's intimacy?
They were seen acting "very flirtatious" at the 2020 meeting of the Republicans Former Trump operative Charles Johnson wrote.
He told Daily Mail that he saw "Noem discreetly take Lewandowski's hand and put it in her lap. Lewandowski put his arm on her back at the same time."
One more source said, "A lot of people were talking about it."
"We often had no idea where she was, or even if she was in state or out of state, she would simply disappear," a staffer in Pierre told the outlet.
The New York Post reported a source saying, “He’s 100% banging her."
The source added that Noem was seen “sitting on his [Lewandowski’s] lap” and “playing grab-ass” during an event at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in March 2020.
“The usual stuff that drunk people who are having affairs do,” the source described the interaction.
One more source told the New York Post that many Republicans have known for a long time that Noem was having an affair. They also said that Noem’s husband left the governor’s house in Pierre about two years ago.