Leo Terrell vows antisemitism will no longer ‘fester’ under Trump’s watch

Published May 27, 2025 5:58pm ET



Leo Terrell, head of the Justice Department’s Antisemitism Task Force, blamed the Biden administration for allowing antisemitism to grow in the United States and warned on Tuesday that the Trump administration would no longer “tolerate” it.

President Donald Trump‘s administration sought to divert all remaining federal contracts away from Harvard University on Tuesday over the school’s alleged failure to address campus antisemitism. Amid the administration’s feud with the school, a judge temporarily blocked it from viewing the university’s list of foreign students. However, Terrell warned that Trump would be “going nowhere” in this fight.

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