The allegations against Chavez-DeRemer included: abuse of office for her and family members’ benefit; drinking on the job; having an affair with a subordinate; taking aides to a strip club; and being forced to bar her husband, Dr. Shawn DeRemer, from the Frances Perkins Building over complaints of unwanted sexual advances on female DOL staffers. Several other members of Chavez-DeRemer’s inner circle had already been forced out by the time of her departure, including a chief of staff and a member of her security detail with whom she had an alleged affair.
The labor secretary denied any wrongdoing on April 20, the day the White House announced her exit. “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,” she wrote on X. “I look forward to continuing
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