A federal watchdog has revealed extraordinary new details about the conduct of Donald Trump’s former labor secretary, describing a government-funded trip that ended at a strip club, unauthorized alcohol inside a federal building and an unusually intimate relationship with the official responsible for protecting her.

Lori Chavez-DeRemer, 58, resigned from the Trump administration in April after an internal investigation found evidence supporting multiple violations of Department of Labor policy.

Among the most startling findings was an incident at Angels PDX, a Portland, Oregon, strip club offering private dances.

According to the inspector general’s report, Chavez-DeRemer visited the “partially nude” establishment with subordinates after a five-day official trip in April 2025.

Inside the club, she allegedly removed money from her purse and handed it to a member of her security detail, directing him to give the cash to a performer.

The agent reportedly resisted and asked Brian Sloan, the head of Chavez-DeRemer’s protective detail, for guidance. Sloan allegedly ordered him to comply.

The report said Chavez-DeRemer then produced more money and instructed the agent to drop the bills individually onto the partially nude dancer. After the agent again sought help, Sloan reportedly repeated that he should follow the secretary’s instructions.

The agent ultimately complied despite feeling uncomfortable, according to the investigation.

Travel vouchers showed that taxpayers covered $2,890.06 in expenses connected with the wider trip, including transportation, lodging, meals and miscellaneous costs. The report did not say public money was used to pay the performer.

The strip-club episode was only one element of a much broader investigation into Chavez-DeRemer’s leadership, travel practices and relationship with Sloan, who resigned from his position in March.

The inspector general concluded that Chavez-DeRemer maintained an “inappropriately close and unprofessional relationship” with Sloan while he exercised supervisory and operational authority over her protective detail.

Investigators did not find sufficient evidence to establish that the pair had a sexual relationship.

However, evidence appeared to show that Chavez-DeRemer and Sloan spent at least parts of two nights in each other’s hotel rooms during separate Las Vegas trips in late 2025.

Their behavior also reportedly included extensive text messaging, walking arm-in-arm after an event and addressing each other with a level of familiarity not displayed by other protective agents.

During a trip to Michigan, Chavez-DeRemer reportedly rubbed Sloan’s shoulders and asked whether he was tired. He responded with a sexual innuendo, after which both laughed, according to the report.

The investigation expanded beyond their personal interactions.

The watchdog found that Chavez-DeRemer combined official and private travel in ways inconsistent with department policy, consumed and possessed alcohol on federal property without authorization and ordered government employees to complete personal tasks on official time.

She also reportedly failed to disclose gifts through the required government channels.

Witnesses alleged that champagne, bourbon and Kahlua were kept in her office and that she consumed alcohol during the workday. A complaint further accused her of directing staff to construct official trips around opportunities to visit friends and relatives.

Multiple witnesses said Chavez-DeRemer and a senior aide rejected protective agents they considered too old, insufficiently fit, excessively devoted to rules or even “too MAGA.”

The inspector general also substantiated multiple policy violations involving four of her subordinates, including Sloan.

Questions about their relationship intensified after a formal complaint was filed in January alleging that Chavez-DeRemer had abused her authority by pursuing a subordinate.

Sloan was temporarily suspended in February while the allegations were investigated. Inspectors subsequently conducted surveillance outside Chavez-DeRemer’s Washington residence for more than two hours.

Investigators observed someone matching Sloan’s description entering through a rear entrance and said the person had not emerged by the time surveillance ended.

None of that evidence was considered sufficient to prove an affair.

Chavez-DeRemer, who is married to Dr. Shawn DeRemer, consistently rejected the allegations. Her attorney said in April that she firmly denied any wrongdoing.

The White House initially issued multiple statements supporting her. But Chavez-DeRemer eventually resigned, publicly describing her departure as a move into the private sector.

Her turbulent tenure had already generated complaints about the workplace environment. Sources cited by the New York Post portrayed her as a demanding superior who allegedly ordered aides to perform personal errands and menial jobs.

The inspector general’s report now provides an official account of behavior that went far beyond an ordinary personnel dispute.

It describes a Cabinet secretary blurring professional boundaries, involving reluctant federal employees in deeply uncomfortable situations and treating government personnel and resources as extensions of her private life.

Chavez-DeRemer has since joined the board of the Log Cabin Republicans, an organization representing LGBT conservatives.

But the report ensures that her time in Trump’s Cabinet will be remembered for something else: a strip-club excursion, alcohol allegations and a bodyguard relationship federal investigators deemed improper—even though they could not prove it became sexual.