- A letter of demands of April 11 can be sent ahead of time: NYT
- Harvard says recent actions show that Trump Admin has been doubled.
- Harvard dismissed several demands, the government did some funding.
Washington: Harvard said on Saturday that the Trump administration was “doubled” on far -reaching demands on the university despite a published report that government officials had sent a letter to the spelling of those demands without the authority.
On April 11, a letter of government lawyers received by Harvard was sent to senior officials of the administration of US President Donald Trump. new York Times Late report on Friday, citing anonymous sources familiar to the case.
Three days after the arrival of the letter, Harvard dismissed several demands, stating that it would give the school to the government to hire, admission and control the instructions.
The Trump administration later earned $ 2.3 billion in funding Harvard and threatened Harvard for his tax-free position and snatched his ability to nominate foreign students. It also demanded information about foreign relations, students and faculty of the university.
A spokesman for Harvard said, “Even the administration now believes that in recent times through its deeds, it has doubled on the demands that double their works.” “Actions speak louder than words.”
Since his January inauguration, Trump said in top American universities, he said that he said that the pro -Palestinian protests of last year are false and allowed Antisementism to a faster on the campus. Protesters, including some Jewish groups, say that their criticism of Israeli works is incorrectly with antisementism.
The University of Columbia was an early goal, but in recent weeks, the administration has focused on Harvard, where it is demanding monitoring its student body, faculty and course, in a clear attempt what he believes as a liberal bias of the university.
The contents of the letter of April 11 were authentic but new York Times Different accounts inside the Trump administration reported how it was wrong.
The newspaper said that some people in the White House believe that the letter was sent ahead of time, while others thought it was to be aired among government officials earlier.
There was no immediate comment in the White House.
The administration had already sent a list of demands to Harvard to Harvard on 3 April to continue to receive federal money. These included a mask ban, removal of diversity, equity and inclusion programs and more cooperation with law enforcement.
The April 11 letter signed by officials of the Education Department, Health Department and General Service Administration expanded the list. It asked Harvard to stop recognizing some-Filistini groups and asked the federal authorities to report that foreign students along with other demands violating the policies of the university.
The newspaper said Harvard believed that it could still escape a confrontation with the Trump administration as they were engaged in dialogue, the newspaper said, but the letter realized Harvard that a deal was not possible.
Harvard said that this does not doubt the authenticity of the letter and its demands are called “surprising in his overlapping”.
