As of yesterday afternoon, President Donald Trump has announced that Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will be leaving the Administration to join the private sector. She is joining former Attorney General Pam Bondi and former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem as former Cabinet Secretaries. DeRemer-Chavez has come under a host of allegations.

Life Hack: Be where you are supposed to be, doing what you are supposed to be doing, with whom you are supposed to be doing it and you will have a clear record and conscience and be able to explain yourself.
–Toni S. Williams

Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales both resigned for naughty shenanigans and we all suspect more resignations are coming. Please. Politicians and appointees are on notice. Officially.

Lori Chavez-DeRemer posted a statement to X:

It has been an honor and a privilege to serve in this historic Administration and work for the greatest President of my lifetime.

At the Department of Labor, I am proud that we made significant progress in advancing President Trump’s mission to bridge the gap between business…

— Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer (@SecretaryLCD) April 20, 2026

She should have spent more time listening to workers’ stories and delivering wins for them and their families. Just sayin’.

The New York Post broke the allegations back in January of this year:

The Post first exposed a whistleblower complaint filed against the labor secretary in January that alleged she drank in the office during work hours, created a hostile work environment with her top aides and was pursuing an extramarital affair with her security guard.

The complaint also claimed she committed “travel fraud” by having those aides — chief of staff Jihun Han and deputy Rebecca Wright — “make up” official trips to destinations where she could spend time with family or friends on the taxpayers’ dime.

“While she continues to strongly dispute the allegations that have been raised, Secretary Chavez-DeRemer believes it is in the best interest of the country to allow the administration to remain fully focused on delivering results for the American people,” said her personal attorney Nick Oberheiden in a statement.

“She is grateful for the opportunity to serve and remains committed to supporting the President’s agenda moving forward.”

White House and DOL reps said that the allegations were “baseless” and “categorically false” when first reported Jan. 9.

The probe broadened over the next three months, involving dozens of staff interviews, as IG investigators gathered evidence of an alcohol “stash” in the secretary’s office and that she took subordinates to an Oregon strip club, sources said.

Accusations of taxpayer-funded travel were also corroborated, as investigators heard staff were instructed to conceal items on the secretary’s official schedule that ethics lawyers might not approve.

Dayam! That sounds like something out of the 1960’s, doesn’t it.

I suspect the Secretary didn’t see the firing coming since she posted about firefighting five hours before her resignation post. There is something poetic about that:

Wildland firefighters are at the frontlines protecting our communities. I recently met with @nwsafire leadership to reaffirm @USDOL's commitment to supporting them by expanding apprenticeships, strengthening safety, and building pathways to these critical careers. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/OxzEwGAej6

— Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer (@SecretaryLCD) April 20, 2026

Oh but wait, there is more according to the New York Post:

Her husband, Dr. Shawn DeRemer, was also accused by female staffers of sexual assault, but prosecutors declined to bring charges in late February for the alleged incidents inside DOL headquarters in Washington, DC.

According to the DC Metropolitan Police Department report filed in late January, a female DOL staffer cited “sexual contact against her will.”

DeRemer’s attorney James Bell said his client “categorically, unequivocally, and emphatically denies each and every one of the allegations.” He was still barred from entering department headquarters at the time of his wife’s resignation.

Those allegations were later re-filed at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, along with other complaints about the hostile work environment.

Sources previously accused the secretary of being a “boss from hell,” by forcing aides to run personal errands or perform other menial tasks while on the clock.

Text messages submitted to IG investigators also showed Chavez-DeRemer and Wright bothering staffers into purchasing them bottles of wine during official visits last year, The New York Times reported.

Other texts showed the secretary’s father, Richard Chavez, asking a young female staffer to keep a conversation “private” after saying he “could made some excuses to get out an show u around.”

Han and Wright resigned under pressure from the White House on March 3. The bodyguard, Brian Sloan, resigned on March 19. A fourth aide, Melissa Robey, left the department on March 25.

Chavez-DeRemer had welcomed the member of her security detail into her DC apartment last year and took him on a personal trip in October to the Red Rocks Casino Resort and Spa in Las Vegas to celebrate her niece’s 40th birthday during the federal government shutdown, according to sources and the IG complaint.

Rachel Maddow is a doozy, but Lori and her family have no boundaries. Her husband was forbidden to enter the Department of Labor. That should have been grounds to fire Lori in the first place.

See Toni’s Life Hack above!

Featured Image: Shawn T. Moore, Department of Labor/Wikimedia Commons.org/cropped/Public Domain