Trump's student-loan expert said he was 'not aware' of a repayment glitch in a lawsuit to restore affordable bills
A student-loan expert at the Education Department corrected a legal filing based on a repayment glitch. Al Drago/Getty Images Trump's student-loan analyst said he was unaware of an error that reported some student-loan borrowers' income as $0. It required a corrected legal filing in an ongoing case where borrowers are seeking to restore affordable bills. Outside the lawsuit, borrowers have reported a range of repayment glitches since July 1. Errors in the student-loan repayment system have made their way into the courts. On Monday, the Department of Education corrected a legal filing in an ongoing case filed by student-loan borrowers to restore the benefits of REPAYE, a precursor to the Biden-era SAVE repayment plan. The department had previously told the court that five borrowers in the case reported incomes of $0. However, the borrowers said that was wrong; they had already shown the department they earned more than that. This seemingly-innocuous detail matters because if t...
