Trump's student-loan expert said he was 'not aware' of a repayment glitch in a lawsuit to restore affordable bills
A Department of Education analyst admitted that a technical glitch in the National Student Loan Data Service caused some borrowers' incomes to be incorrectly recorded as $0. This error impacted a legal case regarding the restoration of student loan repayment benefits.
Why it matters
Systemic errors in federal databases can have significant legal and financial consequences for borrowers attempting to navigate complex student loan repayment plans.
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.
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