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Beau of The Fifth Column

Let's talk about Harvard suing Trump....

Beau of The Fifth Column

Beau of The Fifth Column

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Let's talk about Harvard suing Trump....

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Well, howdy there, Internet people it spell again.

0:05.0

So today, we're going to talk about Harvard suing Trump.

0:10.0

In completely foreseeable events, Harvard has filed suit against Trump for his funding freeze.

0:16.0

A very quick recap.

0:18.0

The administration gave Harvard a list of demands. Harvard said no. Team Trump

0:23.8

froze funding. Then the administration said the letter with demands was unauthorized, but blamed Harvard

0:30.4

for not calling them about it. But also, reporting says Trump plans on freezing even more funding.

0:39.9

A message to the Harvard community said, quote, over the course of the past week, the federal government has taken several actions

0:45.8

following Harvard's refusal to comply with its illegal demands. Although some members of the

0:52.0

administration have said their April 11 letter was sent by mistake,

0:57.0

other statements and their actions suggest otherwise.

1:01.2

Doubling down on the letters sweeping and intrusive demands,

1:05.2

which would impose unprecedented and improper control over the university,

1:10.3

the government has, in addition to the

1:12.9

initial freeze of $2.2 billion in funding, consider taking steps to freeze an additional $1 billion

1:20.0

in grants, initiated numerous investigations of Harvard's operations, threatened the education

1:27.2

of international students, and announced

1:30.0

that it's considering a revocation of Harvard's 501 tax-exempt status. These actions have stark

1:38.3

real-life consequences for patients, students, faculty, staff, researchers, and the standing of American higher education

1:47.3

in the world. Moments ago, we filed a lawsuit to halt the funding freeze because it is

1:53.8

unlawful and beyond the government's authority. The complaint filed in federal court in Massachusetts says, quote,

2:01.9

The government has not and cannot identify any rational connection between anti-Semitism concerns

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