Universities Were Forced to Pay Up Despite Little Evidence of Antisemitism, Trump Whistleblowers Say

Katherine Mangan  August 20, 2026 1 min read

Universities Were Forced to Pay Up Despite Little Evidence of Antisemitism, Trump Whistleblowers Say

Katherine Mangan 

Chronicle of Higher Education 

A leading House Democrat on Tuesday called for an investigation into new whistleblower allegations that the Trump administration forced universities it deemed politically incorrect into settling antisemitism cases despite flimsy or nonexistent evidence.

In its cases against Columbia, Harvard, Brown, and other universities, political appointees repeatedly overruled career investigators, pursuing investigations with predetermined findings unsupported by the evidence, according to the complaint received by the House Judiciary Committee.

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