Teachers Union Chief Enlists Lawyer and Responds to GOP Claims Ahead of Hill Testimony.

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, has hired a top white-collar defense attorney, Michael Bromwich, ahead of her scheduled testimony on school closures during the Covid-19 crisis to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic next week. The union is facing allegations of influencing federal disease-mitigation guidelines that led to school closures. Bromwich has countered that the union's role was limited and proposed changes that were uncontroversial. The union has welcomed the opportunity to testify and cooperate with the committee's work.