# Watchdog report alleges misconduct by Trump’s former labor secretary

https://mins.news/en/item/46008

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-04 20:27 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/4/watchdog-report-alleges-misconduct-by-trumps-former-labour-secretary?traffic_source=rss

> A US Labor Department inspector general report alleges that former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer used government staff for personal errands, drank alcohol during working hours and violated ethics rules. It also describes a hostile workplace, with 38 interviewees calling the secretary’s office “toxic, intimidating and humiliating.”

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