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    Elaine Chao Used DOT Resources For Personal Errands, Family Business, IG Report Says

    The Transportation Department's inspector general referred the findings to the Justice Department in December 2020. The DOJ declined to open its own investigation into the matter.
    by Jaclyn Diaz Mar 04, 2021 4 minutes
    Former Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao used her agency's resources to assist in personal errands and to help her family, according to an Office of Inspector General report.

    Updated at 12:22 p.m. ET

    In her time as former President Donald Trump's transportation secretary, Elaine Chao repeatedly used her position and agency staff to help family members who run a shipping business with ties to China, in potential violation of federal ethics laws, according to an Office of Inspector General report.

    The findings were uncovered in the Transportation Department's inspector general report released Wednesday that detailed the office's investigation into Chao's dealings as secretary.

    The inspector general referred the findings to the Justice Department in December 2020. But with the Trump administration coming to a close, the DOJ declined to open

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