Biden Taps California Official Who Oversaw Billions In COVID Unemployment Fraud To Serve As Labor Secretary

President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that he will nominate Julie Su, who oversaw billions in pandemic relief fraud during her time as a senior official in California, to replace Labor Secretary Marty Walsh.

Su, who has served as deputy secretary of labor under Walsh since July 2021, previously worked as secretary of the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency. “It is my honor to nominate Julie Su to be our country’s next Secretary of Labor,” Biden said in a statement. “Over several decades, Julie has led the largest state labor department in the nation, cracked down...