Labor Dept. Investigates Texts Among Secretary’s Family and Staff

New York Times ^ | April 16, 2026 | Rebecca Davis O’Brien

[Miami Rebel]

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer and her top aides and family members routinely sent personal messages and requests to young staff members that are now under review by the department’s inspector general.

Ms. Chavez-DeRemer and her former deputy chief of staff sent texts asking employees to bring wine to them during trips for the department. Sometimes the requests came in the middle of the workday.

Ms. Chavez-DeRemer’s husband exchanged text messages with young female staff members, as did her father. Some of the young women were instructed by Ms. Chavez-DeRemer and the former deputy chief of staff to “pay attention” to the men, according to people familiar with the investigation.....'

....In an April 2025 exchange provided to investigators, Ms. Chavez-DeRemer’s father, Richard Chavez, wrote to a young female staff member: “Hearing u/r in town. Wishing you would let me know. I could have made some excuses to get out and show u around. Please keep this private.”...

....Dr. DeRemer, an anesthesiologist, was barred from the department headquarters this year after several women told the inspector general’s investigators that he was making unwanted advances at them. One of the women filed a report with Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department, which opened a sexual assault investigation. The department and the federal prosecutor’s office later said they would not bring charges in the matter....

....The original complaint to the inspector general accused Ms. Chavez-DeRemer and her aides of drinking on the job and keeping a stash of liquor at the office, according to The New York Post, which first reported the complaint in January.

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[Miami Rebel]

My guess is that the only reason she still has a job is that most people forget that we actually have a Secretary of Labor.

[BobL]

Seems that the only female cabinet member that’s able to understand the limits of what they’re allowed to do is Tulsi.

[Lizavetta]

My guess is that the only reason she still has a job is that most people forget that we actually have a Secretary of Labor.

I never liked Trump's choice of her. She is pure union and would have supported the idiotic reclassifying independent contractors as employees like AB 5 of California that wiped out tens of thousands of jobs for people like me.

[FreedomPoster]

This should be a quick YOU’RE FIRED!

Trump should call in Thune first, though, and tell him he must have a recess.

[brownsfan]

It never ceases to amaze me when we are shown the kind of scumbags that are in our government. Maybe it’s time to go Irish?

[AuntB]

Nothing good comes out of Oregon any more.
She was nothing more than a dei Latina loser.

[redfreedom]

I agree with your comment about Tulsi AND your tagline.

[Liz]

“Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer”

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Humph.....hyphenates her name......that tells you all you need to know right there.....

[Bon of Babble]

“...sent personal messages and requests to young staff members that are now under review by the department’s inspector general.”

I remember years ago when we had a “company” e mail and text system. WE were told clearly NOT to use these for any personal communication whatsoever b/c everything is read.

[Organic Panic]

Never trust a woman with a hyphenated last name.

[goodnesswins]

She was not a good pick...she is from Oregon