Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz urged the inspector general to investigate whether Education Secretary Miguel Cardona illegally engaged in political activity, according to a letter sent Wednesday.
Cruz alleged that a message Cardona sent on July 15 to students benefiting from President Biden's loan forgiveness plan "was overtly political and may violate Department policy and various federal laws," according to the senator's letter, obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Cruz sent the letter to Inspector General Sandra D. Bruce on Wednesday, claiming Cardona's actions "merit a formal investigation."
Cruz said Cardona used "taxpayer dollars, Department resources, and his official time and position to aid the Biden-Harris administration's election efforts and impugn elected officials from another political party," and that his message "explicitly attacks Republican elected officials multiple times."
