8 minutes agoTrump requires $1 billion in damages from Harvard
Periskopi(6 months ago)
(6 months ago)US President Donald Trump announced that he will seek $1 billion in damages from Harvard University in his ongoing administration conflict with the institution. The news comes after the New York Times reported that the American president's administration was forced to withdraw from its request for a $200 million payment in [...]
The news comes after the New York Times reported that the American president's administration was forced to withdraw from its request for a $200m fee in negotiations with university.
The Trump mentioned the story in a post on the Social Truth late Monday, blaming Harvard for “with a lot of bullshit” in the New York Times.
Trump officials have accused Harvard of not doing enough to fight anti-Semiticism during pro-Palestinian protests. Harvard dropped the charge.
Harvard has been a central target in the White House's campaign to eliminate what it calls a smart “ideology” and radical left “” on American campuses, reports the BBC, broadcast Klankosova.tv.
In April of last year, Trump revoted about $2 billion of Harvard research grants and froze federal funds.
The university indicted the Trump administration for the move, saying that no government “should dictate what private universities can learn, who they can accept and employ, and which areas of study and investigation can follow”.
An American federal court later dropped billions of dollars in funding cuts, deciding that the government had violated university freedom rights.
The White House pledged to object immediately to the bad “decision”, saying Harvard remains the inappropriate “for grants in the future”.
Before Monday's announcement, the government had been in discussions with Harvard on a possible deal to unblock federal funds.
“We are now looking for a billion dollars in damages and we don't want to do anything further in the future with Harvard University”, Trump wrote on Monday.
He accused Harvard of “serious and terrible legitimacy”, but did not explain how he believed he violated the law.
The trumpet has earlier threatened to revote Harvard tax exemption status and take over university patents stemming from federal-funded research.
Three other Ivy League universities -- Columbia, Penn and Brown -- reached agreements with Trump to preserve funds at risk due to similar claims by the administration, instead of going to court.
