House Republicans are launching an investigation into Harvard, accusing it of possibly “improper use of federal funds” after it refused to reach a settlement with the Trump administration on its diversity policies and response to campus antisemitism.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), chairwoman of House Republican leadership, sent a letter to Harvard University President Alan Garber on Thursday. The lawmakers alerted the university that, based on the investigation, Republicans may craft legislation to ensure “institutions of higher education receiving federal financial assistance are no longer able to violate the law while lucratively benefitting from the generosity of the American people.”
