A Judge Has Ruled That Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Must Testify in a Student Loan Forgiveness Lawsuit
A federal judge has ruled that former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos must testify in a class-action lawsuit over her department’s handling of the federal student loan forgiveness program.
Politico reported that Judge William Alsup, an appointee of former President Clinton, ruled Wednesday that DeVos must explain an 18-month pause in the fulfillment of student loan forgiveness claims filed by students arguing they were defrauded by for-profit colleges. Thousands of those claims were later dismissed.
DeVos must testify in the case due to “extraordinary circumstances” surrounding the dispute, including the Education Department’s sparse record-keeping under the former secretary as well as questions about whether the Trump administration lied about the reasons for the dismissals, the judge ruled.
