Trump Loses Another Cabinet Secretary as 'Scandal-Ridden' Chavez-DeRemer Resigns

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. Her deputy, Keith Sonderling, will take on the role of acting secretary of labor, Cheung added.As Politico noted Monday, Chavez-DeRemer has been under scrutiny since January, when DOL Inspector General Anthony D'Esposito opened an investigation into allegations that she was involved in an extramarital affair with a member of her security detail, that she drank on the job, and that top aides concocted official events to facilitate her personal travel plans. That probe led to allegations—initially reported by The New York Times in February—that the secretary's husband, Shawn DeRemer, has been barred from the department's headquarters after at least two female staff members told officials that he had sexually assaulted them. DeRemer denied the claims, and police have reportedly closed a related investigation.As NOTUS reported Monday:A source close to the president told NOTUS last week that the White House viewed Chavez-DeRemer as an effective spokesperson for the president's economic message and implementer of workforce policy. But the tales of the labor secretary's alleged scandals had become palace intrigue among people close to and inside of the White House.Two Republicans who speak with President Donald Trump told NOTUS they expected him to pull the trigger on removing Chavez-DeRemer on Wednesday, when she was due for what was expected to be a bruising hearing in Congress. Some inside the White House anticipated Democrats at the hearing would focus on Chavez-DeRemer's alleged transgressions.Responding to the resignation on social media, the Democratic Party highlighted Bondi and Noem's ousters, and declared, This administration is imploding.Before joining Trump's Cabinet, the outgoing secretary represented Oregon's 5th Congressional District in the US House of Representatives. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, a Democrat who serves the state's 1st District, said that Chavez-DeRemer failed to protect workers, jeopardized the Department of Labor's work to support the economy, drove down morale among agency staff, and abused federal government resources to serve her own whims. She should be held accountable for the damage that occurred on her watch.