Harvard rejects Trump administration’s demands to combat antisemitism

Harvard University told the Trump administration that it would not make a deal with them after federal officials sent the school a letter threatening to withhold federal funding if the school didn’t make changes.

The school wrote back to the administration through its lawyers, former Justice Department special counsel Robert Hur and William Burck, an outside ethics adviser to the Trump Organization. They accused the administration of violating Harvard’s First Amendment rights.

“The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights,” the letter said. “Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government. Accordingly, Harvard will not accept the government’s terms as an agreement in principle.”

“Harvard remains open to dialogue about what the

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