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  "path": "/post/206827/donald-trump-labor-secretary-husband-banned-alleged-assaults",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-20T14:32:07.000Z",
  "site": "https://newrepublic.com",
  "tags": [
    "Breaking News",
    "Politics",
    "Republican Party",
    "Donald Trump",
    "Department of Labor",
    "Lori Chavez-DeRemer",
    "Husband",
    "Sexual Assault",
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    "_The New York Times_"
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  "textContent": "Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s husband has been banned from the department’s headquarters in Washington after he allegedly sexually assaulted two female staffers, _The New York Times_ reported Thursday.\n\nDr. Shawn DeRemer, a 57-year-old anesthesiologist from Portland, Oregon, will no longer be able to visit his wife at work, after at least two female staffers told officials that he touched them inappropriately. A building restriction notice viewed by the _Times_ put it gently: “If Mr. DeRemer attempts to enter, he is to be asked to leave.”\n\nOne of the incidents, which occurred during working hours, was caught by security cameras, people familiar with the matter told the _Times_. The footage showed DeRemer giving a female staffer an extended embrace, and it was reviewed as part of a criminal investigation, one of the people told the paper.\n\nA police report documenting a December incident of forced sexual conduct at the Labor Department was filed by Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department in late January.\n\nConcerns about DeRemer were initially raised in January, as part of an internal investigation into alleged misconduct by his wife. In an explosive complaint to the Inspector General’s Office, Chavez-DeRemer was accused of abusing her position by having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a member of her security detail.\n\nShe was also accused of drinking during the workday and of committing travel fraud by making her chief of staff schedule official taxpayer-funded trips she could use to see friends and family. Her lawyer has denied these allegations.",
  "title": "Trump Labor Sec.’s Husband Banned From Building for Alleged Assaults"
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