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- An independent auditor found "weakness" in how the Education Department calculated student-debt relief costs.
- GOP Rep. Virginia Foxx accused the department of "blatantly lying" in its estimates.
- The auditor did not make that accusation, and a department spokesperson said the court challenges blocking the relief have led to limited data.
An independent auditor took issue with how President Joe Biden's Education Department calculated costs of its student-loan forgiveness proposal.