Bob Corker hints knowledge of VW's plans came from outside consultant

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., declined to say who specifically gave him the information that Volkswagen would expand production at its Chattanooga, Tenn., facility even if the workers rejected an organizing bid by the United Auto Workers, but strongly hinted that his primary source was an outside consultant hired by VW.

“[After] five years of involvement with a company like this, from the very beginning to now, you end up developing relationships, not just with people all up and down the line that are inside the company, but also with those people who are doing the site selection process. The outside consultants. The people who are involved in crisis management for the company,” Corker told the Washington Examiner.