Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer directed her personal aide and executive to use Department of Labor motor pool transportation to travel to her personal residence to organize her bedroom closet during the workday.
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Bulwark TakesSep 5, 2026
Multiple tier1 and primary sources, including the DOL Office of Inspector General report, state that Chavez-DeRemer's personal aide and executive assistant used department-provided transportation to travel to her residence during working hours to organize her bedroom closet.
What was said
… Like, I fully reject all of these people as morally repugnant. But these now, the list is strip clubs, drinking, making fun of people based on their looks. That's the cat. What about Cash? Cash is running the fucking FBI over there. Chavez dreamer directed her personal aid and executive to commute using DOL motor pool transportation to her personal residence to organize her bedroom closet during the work day. Chavez dreamer authorized their access to her residence and direct them to hang her laundry and dry cleaning and organize her clothing, shoes, and purses. After completing the tasks, employees provided Chavez dreamer a video documenting their work. …
Bulwark Takes · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The DOL OIG Report of Investigation and AP/NPR coverage state that her personal aide and executive assistant were directed to use department-provided transportation to go to her residence during the workday to tend to her closet.[1][3][4]
Supports. Multiple outlets (AP-syndicated pieces, Arkansas Online, ABC30, Baltimore Times, CNN) independently report the bedroom closet directive, including hanging laundry and dry cleaning and organizing clothing, shoes, and purses.[5][6][7][8][9]
Context. The report is an allegation-based finding; her attorney stated the report found no violation of laws, and she declined to be interviewed. This context does not contradict the factual description of the directive.[2][10][11]
Context. The claimant's own post is not evidence; the extraction's 'motor pool' wording matches the passage's 'DOL motor pool transportation' and the resolved referent is the former Secretary.
Sources
11 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 7 not rated
- 1Watchdog report: Ex-Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer oversaw hostile work environment, misused fundsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2US Senate confirms Trump pick Sonderling for labor secretaryreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Report of Investigation: Lori Chavez-Deremer, Former ...oig.dol.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Report finds Trump's labor secretary oversaw hostile work ...npr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5Report: Ex-Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer oversaw ...katu.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Ex-labor secretary accused of multiple policy infractionsarkansasonline.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7Fresno St. grad, Ex-Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer oversaw hostile work environment: Watchdog reportabc30.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 8Lori Chavez-DeRemer Investigation Finds ‘Toxic’ Workplace ...btimesonline.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 9Former labor secretary drank at the office and misused resources, probe findsus.cnn.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 104 things investigators learned about the dysfunction at ...wnyc.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 11Trump's ex-Labor secretary drank on the job, misused ...axios.com · not rated · cited for: context
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- Lori Chavez-DeRemer authorized her staff to access her residence to hang laundry and dry cleaning and organize her clothing, shoes, and purses.True
- An Inspector General report exists regarding former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer involving allegations of strip clubs, an affair, drinking on the job, staff organizing her closet, and a trip to Las Vegas.True
- The Inspector General for the Department of Labor released an investigation into former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer.True
- Lori Chavez-DeRemer, her Chief of Staff, and Rebecca Wright regularly drank alcohol in Chavez-DeRemer's study during official duty hours.True
- The Office of Inspector General monitored Lori Chavez-DeRemer's residence in Washington, D.C.True