Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s Cabinet Life: Booze, Laundry, and Alligator Wallets
Turns out running the Labor Department wasn't exactly all business for Lori Chavez-DeRemer.
When the government watchdog finally dropped the report on Lori Chavez-DeRemer, it read less like a professional performance review and more like a messy reality show script. The investigation confirmed that the former Secretary didn't just run a department; she ran a personal concierge service.
Staffers weren't busy drafting policy—they were busy organizing her closet, picking up her laundry, and running to her home to grab packages. When they weren't acting as personal assistants, they were being pressured into drinking booze in the office during work hours. If you didn't want a drink, you got ridiculed. It created a workplace culture of fear where job security depended entirely on whether you were willing to play along with the office happy hour or run errands for the boss.
Then there was the "inappropriately close" relationship with a member of her security detail. While the report stopped short of confirming an affair, the surveillance logs showing him crashing at her place overnight definitely left little to the imagination. Toss in a collection of undisclosed rodeo tickets and an alligator-hide wallet, and it is clear the public purse was just her personal petty cash drawer.
Being in President Donald Trump's cabinet evidently comes with a very loose definition of "public service."
Source: OIG Department of Labor Report
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