Watchdog Report Finds Former Labor Secretary Oversaw Toxic Workplace and Misused Funds

Former Labor Secretary Stoked Dysfunction and Toxicity, Department Report Finds

Lori Chavez-DeRemer spent Labor Department funds on personal travel and tolerated harassment in the agency, its inspector general found.

By Rebecca Davis O’Brien and Lydia DePillis

Former labor secretary misused funds and drank on the job, report finds

Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned in April over the misconduct allegations. She oversaw a "toxic, intimidating and humiliating" work environment, a federal watchdog said.

By Lauren Kaori Gurley

Trump’s ex-labor secretary drank on job and created ‘toxic’ work environment, report alleges

Labor department report alleges Lori Chavez-DeRemer also made a staffer attend a strip club while on a personal trip Donald Trump’s former secretary of labor, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, drank during working hours, kept alcohol on federal property and made a staffer attend a strip club while on a personal trip, according to a new report by the Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General . Chavez-DeRemer was appointed by Trump to serve as labor secretary in January 2025 and resigned in April 20...

By Michael Sainato

Trump’s female Labor Secretary took her staff to small-town strip club and had cozy relationship with bodyguard, IG finds

Lori Chavez-DeRemer maintained a ‘toxic, intimidating and humiliating’ workplace, federal watchdog finds

By Alex Woodward

Internal watchdog report: Former Labor Secretary oversaw hostile work environment, misused funds

Former Labor Secretary oversaw a ‘toxic, intimidating’ workplace, report finds

Internal watchdog concluded Lori Chavez-DeRemer had inappropriate relationship with security aide, used public resources for personal travel before resignation