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See the full story · 2 sourcesThe lawyers said investigators did not find evidence that concludes Brown University, Columbia Univeristy and Harvard University had broken the law.
Trump administration officials ignored their own investigators' findings while pressuring Brown, Columbia, and Harvard over alleged civil rights violations related to campus anti-Semitism. Investigators said there was insufficient evidence of lawbreaking, but officials pursued settlements with Brown and Columbia; Harvard resisted in court. Whistleblower Haley Van Erem reported that dissenting views were sidelined or reprimanded, and Democrats criticised the administration for a predetermined, politically motivated approach. AI generated
Trump administration officials ignored the recommendations of their own investigators as they pushed to find civil rights violations at three Ivy League universities, according to a whistleblower complaint released on Aug 18 .
The Aug 17 account came from a former Department of Justice civil rights lawyer, Haley Van Erem, and colleagues whose names were redacted, who said they were assigned in 2025 to an administration task force on anti-Semitism. Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee released the account on Aug 18 .
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