The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Harvard University Friday, alleging the school failed to address antisemitism and protect Jewish and Israeli students following the war in Gaza. The suit claims Harvard allowed anti-Israel protests to operate “with impunity” and was “deliberately indifferent” to harassment, intentionally failing to enforce campus rules when the victims were Jewish or Israeli.
The administration is seeking to recover billions of dollars in taxpayer money, arguing Harvard violated civil rights law and misused federal subsidies. This action follows previous attempts to freeze federal funding over similar allegations. Harvard has dismissed the complaint as “pretextual and retaliatory.”
The lawsuit marks a continuation of the Trump administration’s ongoing conflict with the university, targeting what it views as left-wing ideology and antisemitism on campus. The Justice Department asserts the United States “cannot and will not tolerate” these alleged failures and aims to compel Harvard’s compliance with federal law.