April 21, 2026
“Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will be leaving the Administration to take a position in the private sector,” Cheung wrote on X. Chavez-DeRemer is leaving during a misconduct probe involving alleged travel fraud.
Four employees have already left. From The New York Post on March 4:
Melissa Robey, who served as director of advance in the secretary’s office, was fired on Tuesday at the prompting of the White House, sources said.
On March 4, Robey was put on administrative leave following allegations that she misused taxpayer dollars for official travel — one day after Chavez-DeRemer’s two top aides resigned from their positions while facing similar allegations.
Investigators had gathered evidence of a “toxic” workplace created by chief of staff Jihun Han and his deputy Rebecca Wright, including verbal abuse of staffers and waste of departmental resources on personal trips, sources noted.
The senior aides were also accused of committing “travel fraud” by helping “make up” official trips to destinations where Chavez-DeRemer, 57, could spend personal time on the taxpayers’ dime.
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