Attorney General Tim Griffin issued a statement following the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit's decision to issue a preliminary injunction blocking the Biden-Harris administration’s student loan forgiveness program.
“The Eighth Circuit has once again blocked the Biden-Harris administration from implementing a blatantly illegal program that sought to erase student loans with no regard for the cost to taxpayers," Griffin said. "The Biden-Harris administration is now 0-3 in its attempts to bypass Congress’s authority and unlawfully forgive student debt to score political points with the electorate."
Griffin continued, “If the Biden-Harris administration continues to thwart the Constitution, I will continue to sue them and ensure that hardworking Americans aren’t stuck with the bill for loans that aren’t theirs.”
Griffin co-led the lawsuit challenging the program alongside Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey. They were joined by attorneys general from Florida, Georgia, North Dakota, Ohio, and Oklahoma. The per curiam order applies nationwide.
Tim Griffin was sworn in as Arkansas's 57th Attorney General on January 10, 2023. He previously served as Lieutenant Governor from 2015-2023 and represented Arkansas’s Second Congressional District from 2011-2015. During his tenure in Congress, he served on several committees including Ways and Means, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Ethics, and Judiciary while also acting as Deputy Whip for the Majority.
Griffin has over 28 years of service in the U.S. Army Reserve Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps and currently holds the rank of colonel. He has been mobilized as an Army prosecutor at Fort Campbell and served with the 101st Airborne Division in Mosul, Iraq. Presently, he commands the 2d Legal Operations Detachment in New Orleans.
His previous roles include Commander of the 134th Legal Operations Detachment at Fort Liberty (formerly Bragg), Senior Legislative Advisor at the Pentagon, U.S. Attorney for Eastern District of Arkansas, Special Assistant to President George W. Bush among other significant positions within various government bodies.
Griffin graduated from Magnolia High School and Hendrix College before earning his law degree from Tulane Law School. He attended graduate school at Oxford University and is admitted to practice law in Arkansas (active) and Louisiana (inactive). He resides in Little Rock with his wife Elizabeth and their three children.