Trump knocks Harvard case judge: 'Total disaster'
President Trump took to Truth Social on Monday to criticize the judge presiding over a long-anticipated hearing over his administration’s battle with Harvard University.
Harvard is suing the administration over the pause it put on nearly $3 billion of federal research funding, which came after it rejected a list of demanded changes from the White House.
“The Harvard case was just tried in Massachusetts before an Obama appointed Judge. She is a TOTAL DISASTER, which I say even before hearing her Ruling. She has systematically taken over the various Harvard cases, and is an automatic ‘loss’ for the People of our Country!” the president posted.
U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs is presiding over the case after previously ruling for Harvard and against the administration after the Department of Homeland Security tried to take away the university’s ability to enroll or keep its foreign students.
Burroughs has not yet released a ruling from the Monday hearing on the paused federal funding.
“Harvard has $52 Billion Dollars sitting in the Bank, and yet they are anti-Semitic, anti-Christian, and anti-America. Much of this money comes from the U.S.A., all to the detriment of other Schools, Colleges, and Institutions, and we are not going to allow this unfair situation to happen any longer. How did this Trump-hating Judge get these cases? When she rules against us, we will IMMEDIATELY appeal, and WIN,” Trump continued.
He had previously indicated that some kind of deal with Harvard was near, but there have been no confirmed developments toward any such agreement.
The outcome of the funding case could have widespread impact on other higher education institutions, which are watching it closely.
The Trump administration argues it can withhold the funding after determining Harvard has violated the civil rights of Jewish students by failing to protect them from antisemitism. Harvard says the federal government is violating its First Amendment and retaliating against the institution.