U.S. labor secretary steps down amid investigation into alleged misconduct

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  • U.S. labor secretary steps down amid investigation into alleged misconduct

U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer stepped down on Monday amid an investigation into alleged misconduct.

The Labor Department's inspector general's office is nearing the end of a months-long investigation into a whistle-blower's allegations of professional misconduct by Chavez-DeRemer and her closest aides, including claims that she was having an affair with a member of her security team and that she used department resources for personal trips, The New York Times reported Monday. White House Director of Communications Steven Cheung said that the deputy Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling will take on the role of acting secretary of labor.

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