Fourth Labor Department staffer leaves amid investigation of Chavez-DeRemer [View all]

Source: Politico

03/26/2026 03:43 PM EDT


A Labor Department staffer said she was abruptly fired by the Trump administration this week after meeting with the in-house watchdog investigating Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer.

Melissa Robey, who led Chavez-DeRemer’s advance team, said she was terminated without explanation Tuesday evening, a day after she sat with inspector general’s office staffers for four hours of sworn testimony.

She accused department officials of engaging in a “cowardly” effort to leak information against her as part of what she described “an internal plan to embarrass and defame me in a failed effort to force me to resign.”

A Labor Department spokesperson declined to comment on personnel matters.

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