House Republicans open a probe after reports that the American Federation of Teachers used more than $1.4M in union funds for production, promotion and publication of Randi Weingarten's book, and the committee demands full records by a deadline later this month.Federal disclosures show two royalty payments totaling $125K were paid to Teachers Want What Kids Need, LLC, a Delaware-registered company that is not a tax-exempt charity, while a law firm billed nearly $1M and a ghostwriter received over $400K.Representative
Tim Walberg and Representative
Rick Allen say the inquiry is about transparency and fiduciary duty for roughly 1.8M
AFT members; Ms. Weingarten denies wrongdoing, says proceeds help union funds and calls the inquiry a political fishing expedition.