The Trump administration remains steadfast in its commitment to withhold grant money from Harvard University and any other higher education institutions that violate federal law, the White House said during a press briefing on Tuesday.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt outlined the federal government’s response 24 hours after Harvard University asked a federal court to unfreeze $2.2 billion in grant money and contracts that President Donald Trump withheld after the Ivy League school refused to comply with conditions for combating campus anti-Semitism and ending Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs.
“The president has made it quite clear that it’s Harvard who has put themselves in the position to lose their own funding by not obeying federal law, and we expect all colleges and universities who are receiving taxpayer funds to abide by federal law,” Leavitt said in response to a question from The Epoch Times….