Judge Orders DeVos To Testify In Student Loans Lawsuit

NBC News reports:

Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos must testify in a class-action lawsuit about her handling of student loan forgiveness claims, which involved delays in the administration’s decision-making and ultimate denial of a significant number of the applications, a federal judge ruled.

In a 12-page ruling, Judge William Alsup denied a motion to quash a subpoena for the Cabinet secretary’s deposition, writing that “exceptional circumstances” warrant her to sit for one.

The lawsuit was brought by 160,000 student loan borrowers who claim they were defrauded by for-profit colleges and applied to the Department of Education for student loan forgiveness.

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Former Education Sec. DeVos must testify in a class-action lawsuit about her handling of student loan forgiveness claims, which involved delays in the admin.’s decision-making and ultimate denial of a significant number of the applications, judge rules.https://t.co/9JsAgaA8UK

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