Labor Dept. watchdog probing inappropriate texts Lori Chavez-DeRemers husband and father sent staffers

Embattled Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer reportedly instructed staffers to “pay attention” to strange personal text messages they would receive from her husband and father. “Hearing u/r in town.Wishin U would let me know.

I could made some excuses to get out an show u around.Please keep this private,” reads one message the labor secretary’s father, Richard Chavez, sent a staffer last April that was obtained by The Post. “Will do, no need to worry!” the staffer replied, adding, “And yes I have been.

So sorry I didn’t reach out I should have.” The staffer noted they were heading “back to DC” after “a crazy two days” but would “be back.” “When are u leaving an where u staying,” Chavez responded.The New York Times first reported on the messages Wednesday. The exchange is one of several text conversations between Chavez-DeRemer, her top aides, family members and employees that are now being scrutinized by the department’s inspector general, as part of a broader probe of alleged misconduct. Chavez-DeRemer’s father, who lives in Oregon, has not been accused of wrongdoing. The same staff member he asked to visit with, identified as a young woman by the Times, sent the labor secretary’s husband, Shawn DeRemer, a text a few weeks later, apologizing for not being in touch. “I’ve been having so much fun traveling with LCD and being in the moment for everything!! I promise from now on I’ll check in,” the staffer wrote, according to the outlet. DeRemer responded: “You better.I was feeling forgotten.

I figured you were still in church repenting after your exposure to the demon state of Oregon.”DeRemer, an Oregon-based anesthesiologist, was investigated by Washington, DC’s  Metropolitan Police Department earlier this year for an alleged sexual assault against a Labor Department staff member that took place at the department’s DC headquarters. No charges were filed against DeRemer, but he was barred from th...