Feds To Review Carey’s Election Role

Citing fresh evidence and access to new witnesses, a federal officer said Thursday she would review whether Teamsters President Ron Carey should be disqualified from a rerun of the union’s 1996 election.

The announcement from Barbara Zack Quindel came just after Carey supporters had held a rally to kick off his new campaign against challenger James P. Hoffa.

Hoffa, who has repeatedly called for Carey to step down, said he was gratified by Quindel’s letter “in light of the fact that the Carey campaign looted hundreds of thousands of dollars out of the treasury.”

Carey’s campaign said the new election, “should be run as soon as possible. … Perpetual delay and ponderous flyspecking is simply unacceptable to the Carey campaign and the Teamsters members.”