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DOJ opens probe into allegations against United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain
New York Post • • nation
Key Points:
- The Department of Justice is investigating allegations that UAW President Shawn Fain improperly benefited his fiancée and retaliated against senior union member Rich Boyer, according to internal union documents and a federal monitor’s report.
- The DOJ has initiated a grand jury investigation into these matters, but the monitor’s office has withheld detailed findings pending the outcome of the probe.
- Fain denies the allegations, calling them politically motivated and linked to a dispute over the union’s stance on the Gaza conflict, while campaigning for a second term as UAW president.
- The UAW has been under federal oversight since a 2020 corruption scandal involving embezzlement by union officials, which led to prison sentences for two former presidents.
- The union has declined to comment on the DOJ probe, and it remains unclear how the investigation will impact Fain’s candidacy in the upcoming election.
