The White House announced on the 20th that Labor Secretary Chavez-Delamer will be stepping down to take a job in the private sector.
Chavez-Delamer becomes the third member of the current cabinet dismissed by U.S. President Trump.
After Homeland Security Secretary Noem and Attorney General Bondi were successively replaced, there has been much speculation in recent weeks about Chavez-Delamer’s fate.
According to media reports, Chavez-Delamer was embroiled in multiple scandals during her tenure. There are accusations that Chavez-Delamer herself, as well as her staff and family members, frequently sent private messages to young staffers asking them to do favors.
The New York Times reported last week that Chavez-Delamer and her former deputy chief of staff had sent texts asking employees to deliver alcohol to them while on business trips.
The New York Times also noted that Chavez-Delamer’s husband and father had exchanged messages with young female staffers in the Labor Department, and that the Secretary herself had instructed some female staff members to “be cautious” about these two men.
There have been complaints against Chavez-Delamer for various inappropriate behaviors, and many staff members asserted that she was not qualified to serve as Labor Secretary; relevant authorities thus launched an investigation into the complaints, and the above information was collected during the process.