Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer maintained an inappropriate relationship with her bodyguard and ordered a member of her security detail to drop cash on “partially nude dancers” during an Oregon strip club visit, the department’s inspector general revealed in a report released Thursday.
Chavez-DeRemer resigned in April, three months after The Post first reported on the inspector general probe into her relationship with security guard Brian Sloan and allegations she abused her position as a top Trump administration official.
“The OIG [Office of the Inspector General] concluded that a preponderance of the evidence substantiated multiple violations of DOL [Labor Department] policy,” the report stated.
Chavez-DeRemer “developed and maintained an inappropriately close and unprofessional relationship with [Sloan] while he exercised supervisory and operational authority over her protective detail that was inconsistent with federal impartiality and preferential-treatment standards,” according to the report.
She also “failed to comply with DOL policy prohibiting harassment in the workplace,” the report stated.
The IG noted that there was not sufficient evidence “to establish that Chavez-DeRemer and [Sloan] engaged in a romantic or sexual relationship.”
The watchdog report also confirmed and detailed an April 2025 incident, first-reported by The Post in February, involving Chavez-DeRemer taking subordinates, including her bodyman, to an Oregon strip club.
During the “off the record” trip to the “partially nude” establishment, Chavez-DeRemer “took money from her purse, gave the money to the driver [a member of security detail], and directed him to give it to the performer.”
“When the agent resisted and sought guidance from [Sloan], [Sloan] instructed him to comply with Chavez-DeRemer’s requests,” the report stated. “Chavez-DeRemer then took additional money from her purse and asked the agent to drop the bills one by one onto the partially nude woman.
“The agent again hesitated and sought intervention from [Sloan], who told him to follow Chavez-DeRemer’s instructions. The agent complied against his wishes.”
The report listed four other “areas” in which Chavez-DeRemer broke protocol.
She “combined personal and official travel in a manner inconsistent with DOL policy… possessed and consumed alcohol on federal property without proper authorization … directed government employees to perform personal tasks using official time and resources … and failed to report gifts through required channels.”
Furthermore, the IG found evidence that substantiated “multiple violations” of department policy by four Chavez-DeRemer subordinates, including Sloan.
The IG obtained electronic hotel door lock records from two Las Vegas trips Chavez-DeRemer took with Sloan that “appeared to indicate” the two spent at least “portions overnight in the other’s room.”
The Post previously obtained images of Chavez-DeRemer sipping drinks poolside at the Las Vegas Red Rocks Casino Resort and Spa during an October 2025 trip with her bodyguard to celebrate her niece’s 40th birthday party.
The trip took place while the federal government was shut down.
A witness also reported observing Chavez-DeRemer massaging Sloan’s shoulders while seated behind him in a vehicle during a trip to Michigan, and hearing the bodyman make a comment interpreted as “sexual innuendo.”
“She asked whether he was tired, and [Sloan] responded that he was ‘solid as a rock,’ after which both laughed,” the report stated.
Three fired former Chavez-DeRemer staffers – ex-chief of staff Jihun Han, then-deputy chief of staff Rebecca Wright, and former director of advance Melissa Robey – also failed to comply with several department policies related to workplace harassment, consuming alcohol while on the job, improper travel and misuse of government resources.
