Ex-Secretary Chavez-DeRemer Faulted

An inspector general report alleges misconduct and a toxic office under Chavez-DeRemer.

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The Labor Department inspector general released a 44-page report finding that former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer fostered a hostile workplace, misused government resources and maintained an “inappropriately close and unprofessional” relationship with a bodyguard. Investigators said employees were pressured to drink, publicly berated and assigned personal tasks including laundry and dry cleaning. It said Chavez-DeRemer mixed personal and official travel without required approvals, kept alcohol on federal property and resigned in April before an investigator interview. Sen. Bill Cassidy placed holds on four Trump labor nominees pending answers from the White House.

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