DeVos held in contempt for violating judge's order on student loans
Source: Politico
By MICHAEL STRATFORD
10/24/2019 08:20 PM EDT
A federal judge today held Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in contempt of court and imposed a $100,000 fine for violating an order to stop collecting on the student loans owed by students of a defunct for-profit college.
The exceedingly rare judicial rebuke of a Cabinet secretary came after the Trump administration was forced to admit to the court earlier this year that it erroneously collected on the loans of some 16,000 Corinthian Colleges borrowers despite being ordered to stop doing so.
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U.S. Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim wrote that the evidence shows only minimal efforts to comply with the preliminary injunction she issued in May 2018 ordering the Education Department to halt its collection of the loans.
DeVos, who is named in the lawsuit in her official capacity as secretary of Education, will not be personally responsible for paying the monetary sanctions, which will be paid by the government. The Education Department is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit.
Kim ordered the $100,000 in monetary sanctions to be paid to the counsel of the student loan borrowers in the class-action lawsuit.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/24/judge-holds-betsy-devos-in-contempt-057012
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)DeVos defies the court and we get to pay for it? So, we the people are, in effect, in contempt since we have to pay the sanctions?
I know, it is because of her position as secretary and such, but hey. Let's have some fun playing a game and its all expenses paid!
She shouldn't be in that position in the first place. Get her out.
Oh, this is the newest reality.
BigmanPigman
(51,608 posts)for being a greedy, cheating hypocritical, GOP ass. I also give her an F for being a decent human being.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)Only the worst rise to the top in the Trump/GOP swamp.
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)But of course, the government will pay her fine for her.
ananda
(28,866 posts)Like what 25 cents is to most of us?
Midnight Writer
(21,768 posts)Just like corporations that commit crimes, the people responsible walk away with no repercussions.
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)How about a personal fine of several million (which wouldnt really impact her) and a year in jail.
Lock her up
Lock them all up
Evolve Dammit
(16,736 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,835 posts)As noted above, it could be a billion dollar fine and she knows that the taxpayers will have to pay it, not her personally.....
Evolve Dammit
(16,736 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,835 posts)Just like the corporations that get fined. The company pays the fine, and it's claimed as business expense deduction on their corporate taxes....
The fine they get is usually a small token of the profits of their Fraud, so the exec's and CEO earn ungodly bonuses for their fraudulent activities and cry all the way into retirement.......
Evolve Dammit
(16,736 posts)the disgusting "model" of how we have gotten to where we are.
Karadeniz
(22,528 posts)Uhhh.
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)That Melania has commited any crimes.
Well, except for the crime against nature in agreeing to procreate with that orange ogre.
Harker
(14,022 posts)of her atrocities against fashion.
Karadeniz
(22,528 posts)icymist
(15,888 posts)This needs to be repeated daily
The Education Department has awarded a contract to a company with financial ties to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, The Washington Post reports.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/368930-company-with-devos-ties-awarded-education-dept-debt-collection
JohnnyRingo
(18,636 posts)This judgment is a green light to sue for damages. Cue the PSA commercials from law firms.
At least that's how it used to work.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Response to Dennis Donovan (Original post)
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rickyhall
(4,889 posts)I misspelled it intentionally.
lastlib
(23,243 posts)I've held Betsy Cruella in contempt since she was appointed.
Martin Eden
(12,870 posts)We hold DeVos in contempt too.