Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer violated department policy by drinking alcohol at the office and telling her staff to perform personal tasks for her, an independent Labor Department investigation found.
The scathing report published Thursday by the department’s Office of Inspector General also found that Chavez-DeRemer accepted expensive gifts without proper notification, combined personal and official travel and had an “inappropriately close” relationship with a supervisor in her security detail.
Some of her staffers, including her chief of staff, were also found to have behaved improperly.
CNN has reached out to Chavez-DeRemer’s lawyer for comment. A spokesperson for the Department of Labor said the agency “respects the integrity of the Inspector General’s investigation.”
Chavez-DeRemer departed the Labor Department earlier this year for a job in the private sector. The report sheds light on the former secretary’s brief tenure, which was marked by turmoil.
