India, March 5 -- Kristi Noem, the Secretary of Homeland Security, slammed a question about 'sexual relations' with Corey Lewandowski, during a House Judiciary Committee hearing. She refused to answer questions about her alleged relationship with a Donald Trump ally who is an unpaid advisor in her department.

Noem replied "I am shocked we're peddling tabloid garbage in this committee." Speaking of Lewandowski, she said he was a 'special government employee who works for the White House. There are thousands of them in the federal government.'

When pressed further by California Democrat lawmaker Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Noem doubled down, saying "You say conservative women are stupid or sluts. I am neither."

Though reports have alleged thei...