The U.S. Secretary of Labor, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, will leave the Donald Trump Administration following the controversy generated by accusations of workplace misconduct. White House communications director, Steven Cheung, announced in a statement that she is leaving “to take on a role in the private sector” and praised “her phenomenal work in her role protecting American workers.”
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The Republican has been under scrutiny since January, when the Department of Labor’s inspector general, Anthony d’Esposito, opened an investigation into allegations that Chavez-DeRemer regularly drank on the job, that her advisors organized official events to cover up personal trips, and that she maintained an extramarital affair with a member of a security team.
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Although the White House backed her from the beginning, denying the accusations and announcing legal action against the whistleblowers, it failed to calm the waters and ultimately pressured her to resign. Two other senior Department of Labor officials, Chavez-DeRemer’s chief and deputy chief of staff, also resigned at the administration’s request. Brian Sloan, the security team member accused of having a sexual relationship with the secretary, who decided not to cooperate with the investigation, also resigned in March.
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Chavez-DeRemer is the third woman and Trump cabinet secretary to leave office. The president dismissed the Secretary of Homeland Security and head of his immigration policy, Kristi Noem, in March, and the Attorney General, Pam Bondi, in April. His second term is proving, in terms of rotations, much more stable than the first, which saw a total of 14 resignations and dismissals. After that experience, Trump prioritized loyalty over experience in choosing his second cabinet.
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