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US labour secretary steps down amid internal investigation

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Ms Lori Chavez-DeRemer is expected to be interviewed in the probe soon.

Ms Lori Chavez-DeRemer is expected to be interviewed in the probe soon.

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Rebecca Davis O’Brien

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WASHINGTON – Ms Lori Chavez-DeRemer, President Donald Trump’s embattled labour secretary, stepped down on April 20 as multiple scandals and investigations closed in on her.

“Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will be leaving the administration to take a position in the private sector,” Mr Steven Cheung, a White House spokesperson, posted on the social platform X.

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