The Trump administration's battle against Ivy League institutions continued on Friday, when it filed a lawsuit against Harvard University for violating federal civil rights law.
In its lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the administration alleges that Harvard violated the law when its "faculty and leadership turned a blind eye to antisemitism and discrimination against Jews and Israelis" during protests following the attacks on October 7, 2023. The lawsuit seeks to "recover billions of dollars of taxpayer subsidies awarded to a discriminatory institution."
The lawsuit alleges that "Jewish and Israeli students at Harvard University were harassed, physically assaulted, stalked, and spat upon" and "denied access to educational facilities by antisemitic demonstrators." It also claims, "Jewish students wore baseball caps to conceal their yarmulkes or kept out of sight, effectively denying them access to Federally funded educational opportunities."
