The article text provided does not include the report’s main body, so its claims cannot be independently verified from the supplied material. Its headline alleges that money intended to counter Chinese influence was instead spent on activities connected with World Cup crowds, presenting this as a final controversy involving Kristi Noem.

The excerpt contains no supporting documents, dates, programme names, spending totals, official responses or explanation of Noem’s role. As a result, the scale of the alleged misuse, whether it broke rules, and its wider political significance cannot be established from the available text.