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Betsy DeVos found in contempt of court

By Zach Halaschak
Published October 25, 2019 3:13pm ET
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Betsy DeVos found in contempt of court
FILE - In this July 16, 2019, file photo, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos listens during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. The Trump administration is threatening to cut grant funding to a Middle East studies program at the University of North Carolina and Duke University, saying it’s misusing federal funding to advance “ideological priorities” and unfairly promotes “the positive aspects of Islam” but not Christianity or Judaism. | (Alex Brandon/AP)

A federal court has found that the Department of Education and its secretary, Betsy DeVos, are in civil contempt of court for violating a judge’s order on student loans.

The department was slapped with a $100,000 fine to a fund for those affected, according to CBS News.

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