ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Ex-Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer created a 'toxic' work environment: IG report
Chavez-DeRemer resigned earlier this year.
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Inspector general details Chavez-DeRemer's misconduct at Labor Department in scathing report
The Department of Labor's inspector general has laid out a detailed case that former Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer carried on an inappropriately close relationship with her bodyguard, fostered a hostile workplace, and pressured subordinates into compromising situations, findings that cap months of scandal and a quiet White House sidelining. The Office of the Inspector General published […] The post Inspector general details Chavez-DeRemer's misconduct at Labor Department in scathing report appeared first on American Almanac .
The Department of Labor's inspector general has laid out a detailed case that former Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer carried on an inappropriately close relationship with her bodyguard, fostered a hostile workplace, and pressured subordinates into compromising situations, findings that cap months of scandal and a quiet White House sidelining. The Office of the Inspector General published its investigative report Thursday, documenting what 38 witnesses consistently described as a "toxic, intimidating and humiliating" work environment under Chavez-DeRemer, her chief of staff Jihun Han, and deputy chief of staff Rebecca Wright. The probe began after an anonymous complaint landed at the OIG in January, alleging an inappropriate relationship…Open
WASHINGTONPOST (Lauren Kaori Gurley) - Former labor secretary misused funds and drank on the job, report finds
Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned in April over the misconduct allegations. She oversaw a "toxic, intimidating and humiliating" work environment, a federal watchdog said.
ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - ICE whistleblower warned of 'unprecedented lowering of standards' during hiring spree
A supervisor overseeing background checks warned last year that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was hiring scores of new officers without basic vetting, violating federal rules and putting the agency at risk of misconduct
NYTIMES (Rebecca Davis O’Brien and Lydia DePillis) - Former Labor Secretary Stoked Dysfunction and Toxicity, Department Report Finds
Lori Chavez-DeRemer spent Labor Department funds on personal travel and tolerated harassment in the agency, its inspector general found.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Paula Froelich) - Disgraced Andrew has girlfriend, jetting around Europe 'house-hunting'
Royal expert Andrew Lownie claims the royal freeze-out is largely theatre for the public’s benefit.
AMERICANALMANAC (Lynn Jenkins) - Austrian mountain guide loses licence after grabbing climber on exposed ridge at 10,000 feet
An Austrian mountain guide surrendered his licence and faces a police investigation after helmet-camera footage captured him allegedly grabbing a Polish climber on a narrow, exposed ridge high on Austria's tallest peak, a confrontation that began when the guide barged past the climber's wife while she was lowering herself on a rope. The incident occurred […] The post Austrian mountain guide loses licence after grabbing climber on exposed ridge at 10,000 feet appeared first on American Almanac .
An Austrian mountain guide surrendered his licence and faces a police investigation after helmet-camera footage captured him allegedly grabbing a Polish climber on a narrow, exposed ridge high on Austria's tallest peak, a confrontation that began when the guide barged past the climber's wife while she was lowering herself on a rope. The incident occurred on August 22 along the Mürztalersteig route on the Grossglockner, Austria's highest mountain at 12,460 feet. The Polish climber and his wife were making their way toward the Erzherzog-Johann-Hütte refuge, roughly 10,000 feet above sea level, when the guide, leading two clients, wedged himself between the couple on one of the route's most exposed sections. The wife was mid-descent on a…Open
NYTIMES (Nick Corasaniti and Hamed Aleaziz) - Trump Administration Launches Hunt For Noncitizen Voter Fraud Before Midterms
Voter fraud is exceedingly rare, but President Trump has fixated on rooting it out this year, claiming without evidence that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote.