A federal whistleblower has come forward with allegations that the Biden-Harris administration’s U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) implemented a race-based loan forgiveness program that excluded white farmers, regardless of financial need.
In an exclusive interview with NewsNation, the whistleblower detailed how an $800 million debt relief program under the American Rescue Plan Act was specifically designed to forgive loans for minority farmers while excluding white applicants solely based on race.
“It was to pay off anyone who wasn’t a white male’s loan,” the whistleblower told NewsNation’s Brian Entin.
“That was the only qualification for this loan forgiveness.”
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The program’s language, as included in the legislation, directed the Secretary of Agriculture to issue payments of up to 120% of a qualifying farmer’s debt, but only to those considered “socially disadvantaged.”
The category was defined to include American Indian, Alaskan Native, Asian, black, African American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Hispanic, or Latino individuals—effectively omitting white farmers from eligibility.
Entin pressed the whistleblower for clarification.
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“So, just to be clear,” he asked, “if you were in that group, you were told you didn’t have to pay your bills?”
“Yes, that’s correct,” the whistleblower confirmed. “And that your loan would be forgiven up to 120% of the loan value.”
James Dunlap, a white family farmer from Baker City, Oregon, said he struggled to qualify for relief even while working multiple jobs to keep his farm running.
“To me, it was just… combating racism with more racism,” Dunlap said.
“I couldn’t believe it was happening in today’s age.”
Dunlap joined other white farmers in filing a legal challenge to the program.
A federal judge ultimately ruled that the exclusion of white farmers was unconstitutional.
The ruling stated that the harm suffered was “irreparable” and amounted to “an actual constitutional harm that cannot be undone.”
Following the court decision, the Biden-Harris administration shifted its approach.
A similar program was rolled out under the Inflation Reduction Act, described publicly as inclusive of all struggling farmers.
However, whistleblower-provided documents tell a different story.
Internal emails obtained by NewsNation reveal that the USDA sent targeted outreach messages to minority farmers, informing them about new loan forgiveness programs and debt adjustments. Meanwhile, white farmers received no such notices.
“They got nothing,” the whistleblower said.
“It might not meet the legal definition of fraud, but it isn’t right. It was discriminatory, it was unethical, and the people who pushed it are still in charge of the agency.”
The whistleblower further alleged that USDA employees were instructed to advise minority farmers to stop making payments on their loans because debt relief would soon be provided under the updated program.
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He says the Biden administration forgave farm loans for only non-white farmers and when they were told it was illegal, continued to secretly do it.
Kept it “hushed for the obvious implications of race based loan forgivingness.”
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The USDA did not respond directly to the allegations when reached for comment.
Instead, the agency released a statement affirming that Secretary Rollins, who assumed leadership of the USDA under President Trump, had “rescinded all DEI programs” implemented during the Biden-Harris administration and referred to them as “absurd.”
The whistleblower’s claims come amid broader scrutiny of government programs rooted in race-based criteria.
Although the American Rescue Plan Act was passed with the stated goal of pandemic recovery, its implementation at the USDA is now under increased scrutiny for how relief was distributed and who was excluded.
The matter may now draw congressional interest as lawmakers question whether racial preferences were embedded in federal policy without regard to legal precedent or equal protection under the law.
The USDA has not said whether any disciplinary action or further review is planned.
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