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   The husband of embattled Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has been   
   banned from the department’s headquarters amid allegations he sexually   
   assaulted at least two female staffers inside the building.   
      
   In one instance captured on office security cameras, Dr. Shawn DeRemer   
   allegedly gave a woman an extended hug during work hours on Dec. 18, the   
   New York Times reported on Thursday.   
      
   The video is being reviewed by authorities as part of a criminal   
   investigation into the Portland-based anesthesiologist.   
      
   Sources familiar with the incident confirmed to The Post that DeRemer   
   was barred from the building and that a report was filed with   
   Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department.   
      
   DeRemer was banned the same week in late January that first lady Melania   
   Trump’s documentary film “Melania” premiered at the Trump-Kennedy   
   Center, according to sources familiar.   
      
   The police report, obtained by The Post, was made on Jan. 24 and notes   
   the complainant reported “sexual contact against her will” at the Labor   
   Department’s DC headquarters and that the incident is being investigated   
   as a misdemeanor sexual abuse case.   
      
   The women came forward in January amid an Labor Department inspector   
   general investigation into allegations of misconduct by Chavez-DeRemer   
   and two of her top aides.   
      
   DeRemer, 57, was banned from the building after the women raised their   
   concerns to the inspector general.   
      
   “If Mr. DeRemer attempts to enter, he is to be asked to leave,” read a   
   building restriction notice viewed by the New York Times.   
      
   The Labor Department, DeRemer and a lawyer for Chavez-DeRemer did not   
   immediately respond to requests for comment.   
      
   The Post first reported in January that Chavez-DeRemer was under   
   internal investigation amid claims she abused her position by pursuing   
   an “inappropriate” relationship with a member of her security detail;   
   drank in her office during the workday; and committed “travel fraud” by   
   having her chief of staff and deputy chief of staff “make up” official   
   trips to destinations where she could spend time with family or friends   
   on the taxpayers’ dime.   
      
   An alleged outing to an Oregon strip club Chavez-DeRemer took with staff   
   shortly after she was confirmed by the Senate is also under scrutiny.   
      
   The Senate Judiciary Committee has launched its own probe into the   
   allegations.   
      
   Chavez-DeRemer’s security man, chief of staff Jihun Han and deputy chief   
   of staff Rebecca Wright have all been placed on administrative leave.   
      
   https://nypost.com/2026/02/19/us-news/husband-of-embattled-labor-secretar   
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