白宫通讯联络主任张致恒周一宣布，劳工部长洛里·查韦斯-德雷默将退出特朗普政府。
劳工部长洛里·查韦斯-德雷默将离开政府，到私营部门任职。她在自己的岗位上做得非常出色，保护了美国工人，制定了公平的劳工惯例，并帮助美国人获得改善生活的额外技能。
张说，劳工部副部长基思·桑德林将担任代理劳工部长的角色。
继前国土安全部部长克里斯蒂·诺姆(Kristi Noem)和前司法部长帕姆·邦迪(Pam Bondi)之后，查韦斯-德雷默是唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)总统内阁的第三名成员。
查韦斯-德雷默从劳工部退出之际，总监察长对她的调查报告随时可能下降。
前劳工部长因涉嫌渎职正在接受调查。她被指控与一名保安人员有染，据报道，这名保安人员已被行政停职。一个部门内部监督机构也在调查滥用职权的指控，包括据称带她的员工去脱衣舞俱乐部和滥用政府公务旅行。
查韦斯-德雷默否认有任何不当行为。周一，她在社交媒体上反驳了对她的指控，声称这些指控是“由高级别深层国家行为者兜售的”，旨在“破坏”总统的议程。
还有对她丈夫肖恩·德雷默的指控。
“对我、我的家人和我的团队的指控是由高级别的深层国家行为者兜售的，他们一直在与片面的新闻媒体协调，并继续破坏特朗普总统的使命，”她在x上写道。
《纽约时报》今年2月报道称，肖恩·德雷默(Shawn DeRemer)被禁止进入劳工部总部，此前两名女性指控他性侵，据报道，其中一起事件在去年年底被一台安保摄像头录下。德雷默否认发生了这一事件。
美国广播公司新闻获得了一份华盛顿大都会警察局的报告，详细描述了一名妇女投诉违反其意愿的性接触，据称发生在12月18日劳工部内。警方正在调查这一事件，但没有提出刑事指控。
58岁的查韦斯-德雷默在2022年当选为俄勒冈州第五选区的代表，但在2024年的连任竞选中输给了民主党人詹妮尔·拜纳姆。在被选入国会之前，她是俄勒冈州欢乐谷的市长。
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer leaving amid investigation into alleged misconduct
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is exiting the Trump administration, White House Director of Communications Steven Cheung announced Monday.
"Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will be leaving the Administration to take a position in the private sector. 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," Cheung wrote on X.
Deputy Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling will presume the role of acting Secretary of Labor, Cheung added.
Chavez-DeRemer is the third member of President Donald Trump's Cabinet to leave in a little more than a month, following former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and former Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Chavez-DeRemer's exit from the Department of Labor comes as the inspector general's report investigating her is poised to drop any day.
The former labor secretary was under investigation for alleged misconduct. She has been accused of having an affair with a member of security detail, who has reportedly been placed on administrative leave. A department internal watchdog is also investigating allegations of abusing her office, including allegedly taking her staff to a strip club and misusing official government travel.
Chavez-DeRemer has denied any wrongdoing. She took to social media on Monday to push back on the allegations against her, claiming that they are “peddled by high-ranked deep state actors” seeking to “undermine” the president’s agenda.
There are also accusations against her husband, Shawn DeRemer.
“The allegations against me, my family, and my team have been peddled by high-ranked deep state actors who have been coordinating with the one-sided news media and continue to undermine President Trump's mission,” she wrote on X.
The New York Times reported in February that Shawn DeRemer was banned from the Labor Department's headquarters after two women accused him of sexual assault, with one of the incidents reportedly recorded by a security camera late last year. DeRemer denied that the incident took place.
ABC News obtained a D.C. Metropolitan Police Department report that detailed a woman making a complaint of sexual contact against her will, allegedly occurring on Dec. 18 inside the Department of Labor. Police are investigating the incident, but no criminal charges have been filed.
Chavez-DeRemer, 58, was elected to represent Oregon's 5th District in 2022 but lost her re-election bid to Democrat Janelle Bynum in 2024. Before her election to Congress, she was mayor of Happy Valley, Oregon.
