House GOP launches probe into 5 major labor unions over Dem spending despite MAGA membership base

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FIRST ON FOX: The Republican-led House Committee on Education and Workforce is demanding financial records from five of the nation's largest labor unions over allegations that union leaders used funds to support Democratic candidates and progressive causes while spending millions on lavish perks. In letters obtained by Fox News Digital and sent Thursday, the lawmakers on the committee requested financial records dating back to January 2023 from the United Auto Workers (UAW), United Steelworkers (USW), SMART Transportation Division (SMART-TD), Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), and Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division (BMWED). "Unions are supposed to be representing workers for their best interests on the job site, for their future goals that they have, and to work together in a commonality that speaks for, I think, in general, all of the workers combined and not just select portions of it," Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., who also serves as the chairman of the House Committee on Education and Workforce, told Fox News Digital. "When we see funds that have been used by multiple unions for highly political purposes, and you begin to see that the rank and file aren't following along with the same political funding purposes of union leadership, common sense says you ought to take a look at it." EXPLOSIVE REPORT UNEARTHS PROMINENT UNION MONEY TRAIL LABELED A 'STUNNING BETRAYAL' OF MAGA MEMBERS Multiple reports cited in the letters, including previous Fox News Digital reporting on BMWED's political spending , allege union leaders spent millions supporting Democratic candidates and progressive causes while also spending heavily on conferences, travel, entertainment and other expenses. The UAW had the highest reported totals, with nearly $95 million in political spending and nearly $146 million spent on travel and entertainment. The requests also seek records on lobbying , executive pay, travel, entertainment and conference expenses, along w…