<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Parents Defending Education sued the Education Department on Thursday for Biden-era records that were not handed over during the previous administration, according to a copy of the lawsuit shared with The Daily Wire. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The parental rights group <a href="https://defendinged.org/lawsuits/pde-files-complaint-against-the-u-s-department-of-education-to-compel-compliance-with-ignored-foias/">filed a suit</a> in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to compel cooperation with several Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests filed during the Biden administration. According to the suit, the Biden administration did not make a good faith effort to comply with numerous FOIA requests filed by PDE seeking information on the department&#8217;s activities. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The lawsuit is a culmination of PDE’s long-standing document requests that were not honored by the previous Department of Education’s leadership during the Biden Administration,” PDE Vice President Sarah Parshall Perry told The Daily Wire. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;In pursuit of its stated mission to prevent the politicization of K-12 education, PDE is looking forward to finally providing the public with information relative to the discriminatory aims of the prior Education Department, and where its taxpayer dollars were being spent,” Perry added. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Specifically, the suit seeks answers to FOIAs filed looking for records related to the National Parents and Family Engagement Council (filed July 2022), the communications of Education Department Employee Kristina Ishmael (filed December 2022), documents related to Biden’s assistant secretary of education for civil rights Catherine Lhamon (June 2023), documents related to then Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona (June 2023), and any usage of the term “from the river to the sea” by multiple Education Department employees (February 2024).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The search for communications from Ishmael asked for references to terms like “white supremacy,” “BIPOC,” “folx,” “colonizer,” and “evangelical.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The suit says that the department has violated FOIA law by refusing to make timely responses to the requests. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The Department has made no ‘determination’ as to PDE’s FOIA requests, made no </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">reasonable effort to search for responsive documents, and produced no documents responsive to PDE’s FOIA request,” the suit says. &#8220;The Department’s failure to make promptly available the records sought by PDE violates FOIA and the Department’s corresponding regulations.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Parents Defending Education would like a judge to order the department to produce the documents in question by a certain date and detail specifically why, if any, records were ruled exempt. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The lawsuit comes amid massive expected changes at the Department of Education. President Donald Trump is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-expected-to-sign-order-thursday-dismantling-education-department?topStoryPosition=undefined">expected</a> to sign an executive order Thursday at 4:00 p.m. that will direct Education Secretary Linda McMahon to start taking steps to dismantle the department. </span></p>

<script async src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script async src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script><div data-widget-host="revcontent" data-pub-id="165152" data-widget-id="290588"></div><script src="https://delivery.revcontent.com/165152/290588/widget.js"></script>

EXCLUSIVE: Parent Group Sues For Biden-Era Education Department Communications

CONTINUE READING

Graham Platner Finds A Scapegoat After Reports On Sexual Escapades

‘Kill ICE’ Rioters Came Prepared. So Did Police.

Abortions, Trans Summer Camps… See What Else James Talarico’s Church Bankrolls

Trump Dismantles Jill Biden’s ‘Stroke’ Claim

Bezos-Owned Rocket Explodes, And It Looks Like A Nuclear Bomb Went Off

Obama-Appointed Judge Caught Fornicating In Chambers Within Earshot Of Clerks

Exclusive

Biden Administration

Courts

Department of Education

Education

Joe Biden

Miguel Cardona

Washington D.C.

A video goes viral showing a baby being refused his mother by two gay "dads". This is just the tip of the iceberg, which is why we will have an important discussion today about surrogacy. 

Hour 1

The Matt Walsh Show

Ep. 1765 - This Video Is One Of The Worst Things I've Seen In A Long Time 

The Strait of Hormuz officially opens for business (kind of), the Pope makes “shocking” comments on immigration, and President Trump promises UFO disclosure at TPUSA. 


The Michael Knowles Show

Ep. 1956 -  Pope Leo's "SHOCKING" Immigration Comments EXPLAINED

A false miscreed has corrupted our leadership class.


The Andrew Klavan Show

Ep. 1275 - Dumb, Dumber and Progressive

President Trump announces a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, a murder-suicide involving former Democratic Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax shakes Virginia, and France and Britain hold a conference to secure the Strait of Hormuz – after the Iranian conflict ends. Get the facts first with Morning Wire.

- - -

Ep. 2738

- - -

Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3

- - -

Today's Sponsors:

Alliance Defending Freedom - Visit https://JoinADF.com/WIRE or text 'WIRE' to 83848 to learn more.

Pocket Hose - Text MORNING to 64000 to get a FREE pocket pivot and their 10-pattern sprayer with the purchase of ANY size Copper Head hose. Message and data rates may apply.

Morning Wire

U.S. Expands Hormuz Blockade & VA Fairfax Deaths Investigated | 4.17.26

U.S. Expands Hormuz Blockade & VA Fairfax Deaths Investigated | 4.17.26 [Member Exclusive]

A ceasefire goes into effect between Israel and Lebanon, a tragic murder-suicide rocks Virginia, and Dairy Queen deploys AI in the drive-thru. Get the facts first with Evening Wire.
- - -
Ep. 2737
- - -
Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3 
- - -
Today’s Sponsor:

Alliance Defending Freedom - Visit https://JoinADF.com/WIRE or text “WIRE” to 83848 to learn more.


Evening Wire: Lebanon Ceasefire Begins & Murder-Suicide Rocks VA | 4.16.26

The Pendragon Cycle

Menu

— Exclusive —

EXCLUSIVE: Parent Group Sues For Biden-Era Education Department Communications