Amid various allegations against her, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is stepping down, to be replaced by Deputy Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling on an acting basis.
The accusations against Chavez-DeRemer included drinking on the job, having an affair with a security guard, and conducting personal travel at taxpayer expense while forcing her staff to make up details about her trips, according toFox News.
“Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will be leaving the Administration to take a position in the private sector,” Assistant to the President and White House Communications Director Steven Cheung said Monday.
“She has done a phenomenal job in her role by protecting American workers, enacting fair labor practices, and helping Americans gain additional skills to improve their lives,” he said.
Chavez-DeRemer has been trying to fend off a months-long investigation into her conduct, as noted by theNew York Post, which had reported on allegations that Chavez-DeRemer used staff to run errands and buy her wine.
The outlet noted that a whistleblower complaint also claimed that she had chief of staff Jihun Han and deputy Rebecca Wright fraudulently document travel as having an official purpose when it was actually personal.
“While she continues to strongly dispute the allegations that have been raised, Secretary Chavez-DeRemer believes it is in the best interest of the country to allow the administration to remain fully focused on delivering results for the American people,” her personal attorney, Nick Oberheiden, said in a statement.
“She is grateful for the opportunity to serve and remains committed to supporting the President’s agenda moving forward,” he added.
However, the investigation into her conduct allegedly found a stash of booze in Chavez-DeRemer’s office and learned that she took staff to an Oregon strip club.
Investigators were told that staff had to hide items on their boss’s schedule that might draw red flags from ethics officials.
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