This move comes two months after Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned amid abuse-of-power allegations

President Donald Trump says he will nominate Keith Sonderling as secretary of labor. Sonderling has been serving as the agency's acting director since Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned.

Sonderling was elevated to the role in an acting capacity after Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer left the position in April.

Sonderling was promoted to his position in April after the resignation of the scandal-plagued Lori Chavez-DeRemer.