Now Congressional Republicans are wanting answers. They are asking Randi to show them the money. Randi wrote a book. And magically, she had $400,000 to spend on having people ghost write it, proofread it, scan for legal issues, and more.

House Republicans have launched a probe into allegations that American Federation of Teachers’ dues were spent to help the union’s president, Randi Weingarten, write and promote a controversial book.

The investigation by the GOP-led House Committee on Education and Workforce comes after The Post’s exclusive report in May that Weingarten tapped into hundreds of thousands in union resources to help pen her tome, “Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy.”

“The prospect that rank-and-file educators’ dues may have financed a project that generated private financial gain raises serious questions about transparency, accountability, and fiduciary responsibility within one of the nation’s largest labor organizations,” the head of the committee said in a Tuesday letter to Weingarten.

The letter, from Chairman Tim Walberg (R-Michigan) and Rep. Rick Allen (R-Georgia), chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, said The Post’s report — based on a Freedom Foundation analysis of the union’s federal labor disclosures — raised serious questions.

She didn’t use funds from her half a million salary. Nope, she used union dues to fund her manifesto vanity project, to the tune of $1.4 million dollars.

Teachers paid the dues.

Randi Weingarten got the royalties?

That's the question Congress wants answered.

House committee leaders are demanding records after reports that AFT resources may have been used to produce and promote a book from which Weingarten personally benefited.…

— Americans For Fair Treatment (@AmericansFair) July 8, 2026

Let’s break it down shall we?

The New York Post reported in May on a Freedom Foundation study that found Weingarten’s team tapped into $1.4 million-plus of union funds that then went toward the firm of an attorney who worked for free on the book — so that would mean the word “free” in air quotes — as well as toward a supposed ghost writer who was paid more than $400,000. Weingarten already earns nearly half a million dollars a year from her post at AFT. But why use personal funds when others’ pockets are oh-so-easily available, right? Democrats do love a good opportunity to exploit. Whether Weingarten did or not is the question on the table.

Weingarten previously said portions of the proceeds from her book would go to the AFT Disaster Relief Fund, to the AFT Educational Foundation and to the general AFT pool. But AFT’s disclosure reports showed a couple of payments listed as “royalty” funds in the total of $125,000 sent to “Teachers Want What Kids Need, LLC,” an entity controlled by Weingarten, Newsmax reported. The Freedom Foundation called this LLC “an opaque corporate entity incorporated in Delaware.”

So, $400K for a ghost writer. Legal fees paid that were supposedly “free.” Staffers paid for doing something regarding the book, but no one seems to know what it was. And money funding a very opaque LLC that was created just as the book writing started. 

The education funds that were supposed to get royalties? They got a pittance compared to the rest of the outflow of union dues. 

But again, why use the union dues to fund your vanity project? Were the union members ASKED if they were on board with this? I highly doubt it. 

Forcing rank-and-file educators to unknowingly subsidize a six-figure personal vanity project with their mandatory member dues completely breaks any pretense of fiduciary trust. The layout of spending union resources on personal branding assets while classroom performance…

— LUBANKE (@Thisislubanke) July 8, 2026

Of course, Randi and her attorneys said in May this was baseless, essentially implying that this was a partisan witch hunt. Ok. Then Randi, show us the money trail. 

Documents sufficient to show all work performed by AFT employees in connection with the book, including their titles, estimated hours worked, and compensation attributable to such activities.

Documents sufficient to show all revenues, advances, royalties, licensing payments, speaking fees, or other proceeds generated by the book.

Documents sufficient to show the distribution of all proceeds generated by the book, including payments made to the following:
a. AFT;
b. The AFT Educational Foundation;
c. The AFT Disaster Relief Fund;
d. Teachers Want What Kids Need, LLC; and
e. Any other person or entity.

The two funds run by the AFT were short changed in all of this. Over a million dollars was spent in creating this vanity manifesto book. Yet both funds only received just over $62,000 each. While the opaque LLC received $125,000. If the book is so popular, where’s the rest of the royalty money? How many books have been sold? We don’t know the answer to that question because the publisher won’t provide that information. 

House Republicans have launched an investigation into allegations that the American Federation of Teachers used union dues to help Randi Weingarten write and promote her book, Why Fascists Fear Teachers.

According to a previous New York Post report citing a Freedom Foundation… pic.twitter.com/zeiVcNiiHg

— Gina Milan (@ginamilan_) July 7, 2026

That said, the key question is this: Did the union vote on using over $1 million in funds for this book? That’s what Congress is asking. 

The Committee also has a responsibility to ensure that organizations representing American workers operate transparently and that union members receive a full accounting of how their dues are utilized. The allegations surrounding the financing and proceeds relating to the book warrant careful examination, and the Committee expects your full cooperation.

Education is in decline and the test scores in math, science, and reading across the country are in the tank. So, instead of fixing THOSE issues, Randi spent millions to write a book that essentially labels parents as fascists. And likely used union dues, without the consent of the union, to do so. 

Randi has until July 21st to show Congress the money. 

Feature Photo Credit: Randi at anti-Trump anti-rich rally in 2017 via Flickr, cropped and modified