Republican demands info about Trump official’s bribery scandal and affair with staff

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is demanding answers from Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer.

In a letter sent Wednesday, Bloomberg Law reported that Grassley wanted to know whether the stories by the conservative New York Post are accurate.

In early January an inspector general probe uncovered that shortly after Chavez-DeRemer was confirmed by the U.S. Senate, she allegedly took staff to a strip club in Oregon. She also allegedly had an extramarital affair with one of her security guards.

The senator wanted to know whether she fabricated official work so she could “travel for pleasure, while having the American taxpayer foot the bill."

Grassley is the chair of the influential Senate Judiciary Committee.

It marks just how far Grassley has backed away from the administration. It has been less than a year that Grassley, a huge supporter of whistleblower rights, refused to allow a whistleblower to speak at a confirmation hearing for one of President Donald Trump's top Justice Department officials nominated to become an appeals court judge.

"The Judiciary panel chairman has long been focused on rooting out waste of taxpayer dollars, but has consistently fended off claims of misconduct by officials more squarely in his jurisdiction, including by Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel," said Bloomberg.

The letter demands information by Feb. 11.