For weeks, the Trump administration has been waging a war against Harvard University, releasing a series of conflicting demands, suggesting pulling the school's tax-exempt status, and barring the school from taking international students. Now, the administration is attempting to pull all remaining federal contracts from the university.
In a letter released on Tuesday, the General Services Administration directed all federal agencies that have contracts with Harvard to consider dropping their affiliation with the school, citing nebulous claims of racial discrimination and antisemitism.
"In light of this deeply troubling pattern, each agency should consider its contracts with Harvard University and determine whether Harvard and its services efficiently promote the priorities of the agency," the letter reads. "We recommend that your agency terminate for convenience each contract that it determines has failed to meet its standards, and transition to a new vendor those contracts that could be better serviced by an alternative counterparty. Going forward, we also encourage your agency to seek alternative vendors for future services where you had previously considered Harvard."
