Joe Biden Is Still Fighting Student Debt Holders In Court
After public outcry, the Biden administration backed off on a bankruptcy case that could lead to student loan forgiveness. But the president is fighting against student debtors on many other fronts, despite Biden’s campaign promise.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on American manufacturing in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Biden announced the Australian electric vehicle charging company Tritium DCFC is planning to build its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Tennessee. Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Last week, the Department of Education abruptly stopped trying to overturn a bankruptcy court victory for a struggling student loan borrower after the Daily Poster’s reporting on the case went viral.
But there are still dozens of cases where the Biden administration is fighting federal student loan borrowers who are trying to eliminate their debts through bankruptcy, according to court records reviewed by the Daily Poster.
The filings show that a year after Joe Biden won the presidency promising to “allow for student debt to be relieved in bankruptcy,” his administration has instead continued the approach employed by presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump: fighting debtors, no matter the circumstances.
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