A bodyguard for Department of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has resigned amid allegations they were having an affair.
The departure was the latest development for the scandal-plagued department following accusations of boozy work trips to strip clubs, trysts at casinos and a ‘stash’ of liquor in the Washington DC office.
Brian Sloan stepped down from his position last week, after being accused of having a romantic affair with the 57-year-old married Labor Secretary, Politico reports, citing two department officials.
He had previously been placed on leave amid the Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General’s probe into allegations that Chavez-DeRemer engaged in unprofessional conduct.
An internal complaint previously obtained by The New York Post details how top staffers at the federal department were accused of ‘travel fraud,’ creating made up business trips using taxpayer funds to travel to be with family and friends.
It specifically claims Chavez-DeRemer had at least three meetings with her employee and alleged partner in September and October while either waiting for her security team to leave or after Chavez-DeRemer told the security team they weren’t needed.
The two were also alleged to have traveled to the ritzy Red Rocks Casino Resort and Spa in Las Vegas during the government shutdown for Chavez-DeRemer’s niece’s birthday.
The complaint also cites two other trips to Las Vegas during her first year in office in which video allegedly captures them behaving unprofessionally.
In total, the Labor Secretary is accused of making ten of her 50 official trips in office to either Nevada, her home state of Oregon, her daughter’s residence in Michigan or her adopted home of Arizona where she and her husband have a home, including three of her five trips in November.
Brian Sloan, one of embattled Department of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s (pictured) bodyguards resigned from his position last week
Sloan was accused of having a romantic affair with the 57-year-old married Labor Secretary (pictured with her husband, Shawn DeRemer)
Chavez-DeRemer is further accused of using her government trips to give a brief speech before she ‘goes out drinking at night’ using government money.
She even allegedly drank on the job, with the Inspector General’s complaint claiming that the Labor Secretary maintains ‘a stash’ of bourbon, Kahlua and champagne at her office in Washington DC.
Chavez-DeRemer also allegedly made her aides run personal and other odd jobs while working for her.
Additionally, the Post has reported that Chavez-DeRemer took her subordinates to a strip club in Oregon last year.
The alleged trip on April 18, 2025 to the club Angels PDX took place at the end of a five-day trip intended for a meeting with the state’s Democratic governor Tina Kotek, a CEO of a truck manufacturer and a tour of an Intel chip center, the Post reported.
According to documents seen by the outlet, a total of $2,890.06 of taxpayer’s money was used for the trip to Oregon.
Chavez-DeRemer has denied the allegations, and her attorney has said she is cooperating with the Inspector General’s investigation, led by former New York Representative Anthony D’Esposito.
An Inspector General’s complaint claims Chavez-DeRemer and a staffer traveled to the ritzy Red Rocks Casino Resort and Spa in Las Vegas (pictured) during the government shutdown for Chavez-DeRemer’s niece’s birthday
Amid the probe, Chavez-DeRemer’s Chief of Staff Jihun Han (left) and Deputy Chief of Staff Rebecca Wright (right) were placed on leave as they were accused of being ‘involved’ and having ‘knowledge of these issues’
But amid the probe, Chavez-DeRemer’s Chief of Staff Jihun Han and Deputy Chief of Staff Rebecca Wright were placed on leave as they were accused of being ‘involved’ and having ‘knowledge of these issues.’
The two have since resigned from their positions under pressure from Trump administration officials, according to the Post.
Melissa Robey, director of Chavez-DeRemer’s advance team, was also placed on leave earlier this month but still remains on the staff.
Chavez-DeRemer’s team has fiercely stood by her, with her husband of over 40 years Dr. Shawn DeRemer flatly denying any impropriety.
‘There’s not an ounce of truth to this, and anyone who knows my wife would know that,’ said DeRemer, with whom the secretary has two children.
Yet he, too, has been accused of wrongdoing and was reportedly barred from the Department of Labor’s headquarters after being caught on video inappropriately touching two female staffers, according to The New York Times.
The two staffers said the doctor ‘touched them inappropriately’ while they were working at the Labor Department headquarters on Constitution Avenue on December 18, the Times said.
The video reportedly shows Dr DeRemer ‘giving one of the women an extended embrace’ and has been reviewed by law enforcement.
Chavez-DeRemer’s team has fiercely stood by her, with her husband of over 40 years Dr. DeRemer flatly denying any impropriety
According to a police report obtained by The Daily Mail, a woman told DC‘s Metropolitan Police Department that she was sexually assaulted in the department’s building on December 18.
The police report said an unnamed victim claimed someone committed ‘a sexual contact against her will.’
Metropolitan Police Department would not confirm the identity of the suspect. The incident was under an active investigation by the Sexual Assault Unit.
The Daily Mail has reached out to the Department of Labor and the Department of Labor’s Office of the Inspector General for comment.
