The Department of Justice is probing allegations that United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain took actions to improperly benefit his fiancée and retaliated against another senior union member who objected to the actions, according to internal union documents.

Investigation Details

The lead counsel for the federal watchdog appointed to oversee union activities informed Fain and the senior union member, Rich Boyer, last month that the DOJ had initiated a grand jury investigation into matters detailed in the monitor’s reports, including those involving Fain and his fiancée.

Fain, who has denied the monitor’s findings and called the allegations outlined by the monitor “bogus,” is campaigning for a second four-year term as the leader of the union, and an election is scheduled for later this year. Boyer is one of a handful of candidates opposing Fain.

The monitor issued a report last month finding that Fain had retaliated against Boyer and improperly used his authority, including in ways that would benefit his fiancée, but deferred a decision on disciplinary action pending further review without citing the federal probe.

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