Flashback 1998: Trumka Defended on Money Siphoning Allegations

Flashback 1998. The New York Times reports:

John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO, Thursday offered his strongest defense of the federation's No. 2 official, Richard Trumka, who is under investigation over his possible role in siphoning Teamster money into the campaign of Ron Carey, the Teamster president.

Sweeney, whose defense came in testimony before a House subcommittee, also rebuffed Republicans' criticisms that the AFL-CIO should have forced Trumka to step aside as its secretary-treasurer because he invoked his Fifth Amendment right against compelled self-incrimination in refusing to testify before a grand jury.

Trumka's silence.