Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer to leave administration |
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer to leave administration
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is leaving the Trump administration to take a job in the private sector, the White House said Monday evening.
Questions had been trailing DeRemer about her future in the Trump administration for weeks. Her exit follows the firings of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi.
“Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will be leaving the Administration to take a position in the private sector,” Steven Cheung, the White House director of communications, said in a statement on X.
“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 about the former GOP lawmaker from Washington state.
“Keith Sonderling will take on the role of Acting Secretary of Labor.”
Sonderling had served as deputy labor secretary.
NOTUS reported earlier that Chavez-DeRemer had resigned.
It comes as her tenure in the role was called into question as she went through an investigation into allegations of misconduct.
The Labor Department’s inspector general’s office, run by Anthony D’Esposito, is........