how Gucci bag was stolen
By John Miller, Josh Campbell and Kit Maher, CNN
Updated 3:46 PM EDT, Tue April 22, 2025
The man who allegedly stole a Gucci bag loaded with cash from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was sitting at the table next to hers, according to video of Sunday’s incident reviewed by Secret Service investigators.
The surveillance footage of the incident at The Capital Burger restaurant in Washington, DC, showed the suspect purposefully moving close to Noem as he zeroed in on her Gucci bag near her feet, a law enforcement source said.
The thief, dressed in dark clothing, sat down at an empty table next to Noem with his back facing her and used his left foot to slide the bag away, the source said. He surveyed the restaurant before eventually picking up the bag, covering it with his jacket and leaving.
Only when Noem got up from the table did she realize her bag was missing, the source said ...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/22/politics/kristi-noem-theft-gucci-bag-details/index.html
Well, it just sounds like an innocent ordinary everyday mix-up to me. I still feel sure that Kristi can keep us all safe from jumping puppies and skaggy goats
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The Hamburgerler must have really long legs or a very big foot to stretch it backwards to reach her table and pocketbook!!! With his back to her and the purse he was just groping blindly. Weird not one person noticed his stretched appendage.
This whole story is frankly...Un-FUGGING believable. 
The Capital Burger DC
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g28970-d13636022-Reviews-The_Capital_Burger-Washington_DC_District_of_Columbia.html#/media/13636022/?albumid=-183&type=ALL_INCLUDING_RESTRICTED&category=-183
It's kinda like a 6 year old saying "my dog ate my homework". 
I mean seriously!
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Good one!
of how the Thief got her bag Made Absolutely No sense to me either.
Wasn't the bag on the table? How could his leg have anything to do with what was on the table?
Way to look out, puppy killer. 
We Knew Noem Would Do a Piss Poor Job AnywaY.. she's working for Mumputin and she killed an innocent puppy dog.
Nothing is safe around her.
Thanks! 
They're pushed right up against the tables in the photo. Imagine two people sitting back to back with their bodies between their chairs and their tables, and the distance between them shrinks quite a bit.
And don't forget, there was video. I have a feeling things probably look very, very different on there. All of which is to say, I don't think the story is necessarily impossible to believe.
I am NOT defending Noem in any way; it sounds like she was probably distracted and not paying attention to what was going on behind her. I'm just saying that I think that imagining those chairs filled with people makes this scenario more believable.
I will have to pull on my hip waders to slog through it all.
payoff drop to me.
If a bag of the same type had been substituted for hers, would she say “She’s gone meatless” ?!?!?! 
Let’s ignore the fishy alleged method (have they released the video?), why she would be carrying $3000 cash (is her credit so bad she isn’t allowed even a debit card?), etc.
These people lie as naturally as breathing. I would not be surprised if it turned out she had something else in there she’s not listing publicly.
An unregistered (or otherwise illegal) handgun?
Classified documents?
Burner phone for calling the Kremlin?
Gross Burger joint floor? Seriously?
Zero figs given. I hope that the guy bought himself something nice with the $3K.
Did the thief somehow know she had that much cash to inspire such a brazen heist?
I hope she enjoyed her burger. I've been to The Capital Burger many times over the years and it is legit excellent. While I disagree with her politics, the woman has good taste in burgers.