The White House lawyer provided Betsy DeVos with legal justification for ignoring a 2018 court order, prompting a judge to hold the Education Secretary in contempt of court last month.
. Funds were either paid by or seized from over 5,000 of them.
In it, Menashi reportedly admitted to using Social Security data to determine loan forgiveness amounts for students depending on their income and the"substantial evidence of the harm" to students. He reportedly argued that debt relief could be denied based on this method. Aside from the fine and the contempt of court ruling, Kim said using Social Security data violated the federal Privacy Act.
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