Labor watchdog issues scathing report of former Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s ‘toxic’ work culture

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Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is guilty of inappropriate conduct during her roughly one-year tenure in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, the department’s watchdog concluded.

Chavez-DeRemer had an “inappropriately close and unprofessional relationship” with someone on her security detail, regularly drank on the job, and generally oversaw a “toxic, intimidating and humiliating” work environment, the agency’s internal Office of Inspector General determined in a new report.

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