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Fox News has discovered a high-ranking Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official is on administrative leave after an investigation was launched into the chief’s alleged “sugar daddy” relationship, lavish spending and drug use, in line with a DHS official.
The probe unfolded after a proper grievance was filed towards Julia Varvaro, 29, the DHS deputy assistant secretary for counterterrorism, the Daily Mail first reported.
The man on the middle of the allegations, described as a divorced father named “Robert,” informed the outlet he spent $40,000 on her throughout a three-month relationship that started on courting app Hinge earlier than discovering she had a profile on an internet site referred to as Seeking, which markets itself as “a space where love and luxury meet.”
He alleged that her Seeking profile was below the title “Alessia” and sought “mutually beneficial” relationships with “masculine men.” Varvaro firmly denied the claims when questioned by the Daily Mail.
Julia Varvaro, a DHS deputy assistant secretary for counterterrorism, is below investigation after accusations arose associated to her private life. (DHS)
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The outlet reported that, previous to the pair’s falling out, Robert took Varvaro on quite a few posh getaways to Aruba, Italy and Switzerland, buying her a $3,500 Bottega purse and taking her to the high-end jewellery retailer, Cartier.
He added that, throughout their travels, Varvaro flexed her authorities place in TSA safety traces and claimed she might get VIP entry to the Winter Olympics, allegedly bragging, “ICE works for me.”
In his formal grievance to the DHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG), which was reviewed by the Daily Mail, Robert mentioned he believes Varvaro is “under financial stress” and that her actions pose a extreme national security danger.
A DHS OIG spokesperson informed Fox News Digital the workplace has “a longstanding policy neither to confirm nor to deny the existence of any specific investigation,” and couldn’t present extra particulars or remark on the matter.
Varvaro allegedly boasted about having the ability to get VIP tickets to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. (Daniel Kopatsch/VOIGT/GettyImages)
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He additionally informed the outlet he witnessed her use marijuana on almost a dozen events and take leisure Xanax.
In an interview with the Daily Mail, Varvaro described the scenario as a “mad ex-boyfriend putting crap together. I didn’t know it was bad to go on vacation with your boyfriend.”
The outlet mentioned Varvaro admitted to being expedited via Dulles Airport security however denied utilizing marijuana, searching for VIP Olympic entry or having sugar daddies pay for her school, insisting that her request to Robert for a bank card in her title was “kind of a normal thing.”
The newest alleged scandal involving DHS comes after pictures appeared to point out the husband of former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem cross-dressing in personal messages. (Rebecca Blackwell/Pool/AFP by way of Getty Images)
The scandal comes lower than a month after pictures had been launched of former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s husband, Bryon, which appeared to point out him cross-dressing in personal messages to a few totally different ladies.
Fox News beforehand reported rumors of an alleged affair between Noem and her high advisor, Corey Lewandowski, contributed to her dismissal from her DHS publish.
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She now serves as particular envoy to the Shield of the Americas.
The CIA, Hinge and Seeking didn’t instantly reply to Fox News Digital’s requests for remark.
Varvaro couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.
