Labor IG says former Secretary Chavez-DeRemer charged 18 personal trips to the department

An Inspector General report found former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer drank on the job and told a security-detail agent to throw cash at a stripper during a personal trip to Oregon. She led the department from March 2025 until she resigned in April 2026. Her attorney says the report confirms she broke no laws.

• 13 trips to visit family or personal residences were billed to the department
• 5 separate trips to Las Vegas were identified
• 38 of 53 interviewed witnesses described a toxic workplace