Trump's Labor Secretary RESIGNS amid ethics probe into husband's text messages to young female staffers

By JON MICHAEL RAASCH, US POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 22:16, 20 April 2026 | Updated: 22:26, 20 April 2026 President Donald Trump's Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-Deremer has resigned. 'Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will be leaving the Administration to take a position in the private sector,' White House Communications Director Steven Cheung posted on X Monday evening.  'She has done a phenomenal job in her role by protecting American workers, enacting fair labor practices, and helping Americans gain additional skills to improve their lives. Keith Sonderling will take on the role of Acting Secretary of Labor.' She has been the subject of a months-long ethics probe after allegations of misconduct surfaced late last year.  The departure was the latest development for the scandal-plagued department following accusations of boozy work trips to strip clubs, trysts at casinos and a 'stash' of liquor in the Washington DC office. Chavez-Deremer and her ex-deputy chief of staff  sent texts asking staffers to bring them alcohol during work trips on behalf of the department. At times, the requests came during the middle of the workday.  She even allegedly drank on the job, with the Labor Department Inspector General's complaint claiming that the Labor Secretary maintains 'a stash' of bourbon, Kahlua and champagne at her office in Washington DC.  Additionally, the New York Post has reported that Chavez-DeRemer took her subordinates to a strip club in Oregon last year. President Donald Trump's Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-Deremer has resigned The alleged trip on April 18, 2025 to the club Angels PDX took place at the end of a five-day trip intended for a meeting with the state's Democratic governor Tina Kotek, a CEO of a truck manufacturer and a tour of an Intel chip center, the Post reported. According to documents seen by the outlet, a total of $2,890.06 of taxpayer's money was used for the trip to Oregon. Chavez-Deremer's husband, Shawn DeRemer, texted young female staffers and was the subject of a sexual harrassment probe before being barred from the department's DC headquarters.  Video of the interaction caught on security cameras shows Dr Deremer 'giving one of the women an extended embrace' and has been reviewed by law enforcement. According to a police report obtained by The Daily Mail, a woman told DC's Metropolitan Police Department that she was sexually assault in the department's building on December 18. This is a breaking news story and will continue to be updated.  The comments below have not been moderated. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.