Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned amid allegations of an affair and steering grants to politically connected figures
The secretary of the Department of Labor, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, resigned this week after several controversies surrounding her brief tenure at the helm of the agency. But labor officials say even though her troubled reign is over, the US labor authority remains in a state of “constant turbulence”.
Chavez-DeRemer was under investigation over claims she had an affair with a subordinate and allegedly misused travel funds, and that her aides allegedly steered grants to politically connected figures. Her husband was banned from the agency’s headquarters over allegations of sexual assault by at least two staffers.
In a post on Instagram and X announcing her resignation, Chavez-DeRemer denied the allegations and claimed “the allegations against me, my family, and my team have been peddled by high-ranked deep state actors who have been coordinating with the one-sided news media and continue to undermine President Trump’s mission”.
Chavez-DeRemer is the latest official in the Trump administration to leave their leadership role in recent weeks, following the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, and the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem.
