A former Trump official is taking legal action against the administration over its treatment of student-loan borrowers who miss payments.
At the end of October, A. Wayne Johnson — who oversaw the federal student-loan portfolio during President Donald Trump's first term — launched a class action lawsuit with Georgia-based law firm Cooper, Barton, & Cooper, against the Department of Education and credit reporting firms Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion.
- A former Trump student-loan official is leading a lawsuit against the administration's debt collection efforts.
- The lawsuit accused Trump and credit reporting bureaus of unfair credit reporting.
- It comes after Trump resumed collections on defaulted student loans in May after a five-year pause.
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