Overview

• White House officials have begun actively monitoring Corey Lewandowski’s recorded time at DHS to determine whether he exceeded the annual 130-day special government employee limit
• Department of Homeland Security records show Lewandowski logged 69 workdays since January, but multiple administration sources say that figure understates his actual presence
• Sources report he has been seen entering government buildings without swiping his badge, working remotely without official systems and using private channels for DHS business
• Counsel-level discussions between the White House Counsel’s Office and DHS counsel followed a July 3 memo reiterating SGE workday computation and the 130-day cap
• Lewandowski’s de facto chief-of-staff role alongside Secretary Kristi Noem has raised wider concerns about ethics, transparency and accountability at DHS