NOTHING TO SEE HERE. MOVE ALONG. Federal Agents Search Home of United Auto Workers President.

Federal agents searched the home of United Auto Workers President Gary Jones, and the home of the union’s previous president, according to an FBI spokeswoman, widening a multiyear criminal investigation into alleged corruption in the UAW’s top ranks.

The FBI also executed a search warrant at the California home of former UAW President Dennis Williams, who had led the union before Mr. Jones.

The searches mark a significant elevation of the federal probe, which already has resulted in charges against nine people.

Federal prosecutors are investigating allegations of bribes, kickbacks and other financial misconduct among union officials in their dealings with the car companies and during the bargaining process dating as far back to 2009.

In addition to Mr. Jones’s home, FBI agents also searched the UAW’s regional office in Missouri, where Mr. Jones had worked before being elected the union’s president.

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