{"id":16691,"date":"2026-07-13T10:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T02:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16691"},"modified":"2026-07-13T10:18:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T02:18:06","slug":"doj-investigating-allegations-around-uaw-president-shawn-fain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16691","title":{"rendered":"DOJ investigating allegations around UAW President Shawn Fain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"876\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u5c4f\u5e55\u622a\u56fe-2026-07-13-101656.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u5c4f\u5e55\u622a\u56fe-2026-07-13-101656.jpg 876w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u5c4f\u5e55\u622a\u56fe-2026-07-13-101656-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u5c4f\u5e55\u622a\u56fe-2026-07-13-101656-768x506.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Justice is probing \u200ballegations that United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain took actions to improperly benefit his fianc\u00e9e and retaliated against another \u200csenior union member who objected to the actions, according to internal union documents reviewed by Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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&#8217;s reports, including \u200bthose involving Fain and his fianc\u00e9e. The monitor\u2019s office, led by New York attorney Neil Barofsky, issues periodic reports about the \u200bunion\u2019s inner workings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fain, who has denied the monitor&#8217;s findings and called the allegations outlined by the monitor &#8220;bogus,&#8221; is \u2060campaigning for a second four-year term as the leader of the union, a nd an election is scheduled for later this year. Boyer is one \u200bof a handful of candidates opposing Fain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The monitor issued a report last month finding that Fain had retaliated against Boyer and improperly used his authority, \u200bincluding in ways that would benefit his fianc\u00e9e, but deferred a decision on disciplinary action pending further review without citing the federal probe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We are not publishing the details of our factual findings on this issue at this time out of deference to a Grand Jury investigation DOJ has initiated into that issue,&#8221; the monitor&#8217;s lead \u200bcounsel wrote in a June 18 email reviewed by Reuters. &#8220;We do not intend to publicly disclose the existence of that investigation at this \u200btime,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bloomberg earlier reported that the DOJ was probing allegations around Fain. It is unclear how the investigation affects Fain&#8217;s candidacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UAW declined to comment. \u200cA lawyer \u2060representing the union said it is not the subject of a grand jury investigation. Boyer and his attorney didn&#8217;t immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement responding to the DOJ investigation, Fain said that Boyer had &#8220;fed the monitor false allegations,&#8221; and that the monitor himself had a &#8220;political grudge against me because the UAW took an anti-war stance about what was happening in Gaza.&#8221; The union president last month said that \u200bBarofsky&#8217;s reports were politically motivated, citing \u200bwhat he said was a \u2060heated and highly personal disagreement with the monitor in 2024 regarding a call by the union\u2019s executive board for a ceasefire in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;What the Monitor is doing is wrong, it\u2019s unfair to the UAW and to \u200byou as members, and my lawyers are looking at any and all legal options I can pursue \u200bto make it \u2060stop,&#8221; Fain said in a statement, adding that he retained a law firm to fight the allegations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Justice didn&#8217;t immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UAW has been under federal oversight since a 2020 settlement to resolve a corruption scandal. 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