Lori Chavez-DeRemer visited an establishment featuring partially nude dancers during her April 2025 trip to Oregon.
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Bulwark TakesSep 5, 2026
Multiple independent tier1 and news sources report the DOL Inspector General report stating that during her April 15-20, 2025 personal travel to Oregon, Chavez-DeRemer requested an off-the-record stop at an establishment featuring partially nude dancers, and the claim's core assertion matches this.
What was said
… I mean, it sounds like this was the cushiest of gigs. So this is the stripper part. Okay, I'll just read it to you. During Chavez De remer's April 15 to twentieth, 2025, personal travels to Oregon, she requested an off the record stop in establishment that was determined upon entry to feature partially new dancers. I'm gonna skip a little bit. Her security guard, who with whom she was having an affair, was there. Um, they had a limousine driver, and that security guard instructed the limousine driver to comply with Chavez Dreamer's requests. …
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Supports. The DOL Inspector General report, as quoted by AP and others, states that during Chavez-DeRemer's April 15-20, 2025 personal travel to Oregon she requested an off-the-record stop at an establishment determined upon entry to feature partially nude dancers.[1][2][3][4][5]
Supports. Multiple outlets report the IG found the visit occurred and that she directed staff to give money to a performer and asked the agent to drop bills onto the partially nude woman.[3][6][7][8]
Context. The report is an allegation-based IG finding; sources note investigators found insufficient direct evidence of a romantic relationship with the security official, but this does not contradict the strip club visit.[4][5]
Sources
8 sources: 1 fact-checker, 7 not rated
- 1Watchdog report: Ex-Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer oversaw hostile work environment, misused fundsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Ex-Trump Labor Secretary Went to Strip Club on Taxpayers ...yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer had ' ...abcnews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Former Labor Secretary Misused Government Resources and Drank ...ibtimes.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5Labor secretary drank at work, brought staff to strip club, watchdog sayssanluisobispo.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 6Investigation details Lori Chavez-DeRemer's strip club visitusatoday.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7Lori Chavez-DeRemer oversaw hostile work environment, ...oregonlive.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 8Internal watchdog report: Former Labor Secretary oversaw hostile work environment, misused fundsnewsday.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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