Overview
- The Metropolitan Police Department’s sexual assault unit is reviewing a Jan. 24 complaint that reported “sexual contact against her will” at the Labor Department’s Washington headquarters on Dec. 18.
- Security footage described by sources shows Shawn DeRemer giving a staffer an extended embrace, and the video has been examined as part of the criminal review.
- A building restriction notice instructs security to deny DeRemer access to Department of Labor facilities pending the outcome of the investigations.
- The allegations surfaced during a separate Office of Inspector General inquiry into Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer and senior staff, with multiple aides and a security team member placed on leave.
- The New York Post reports prosecutors declined to file charges after reviewing the video, while DeRemer and representatives deny the allegations.