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Trump to Harvard: Open Your Books On Foreign Income
Hot Air ^ | April 18, 2025 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 04/18/2025 4:49:15 PM PDT by T Ruth

The latest salvo from the Trump administration fired at Harvard comes only in part from the current standoff over anti-Semitic intimidation campaigns and discriminatory practices. Five years ago, Trump's team opened an investigation into Harvard's revenue streams over concerns of full reporting as well as foreign influence in Academia. Joe Biden buried that probe, officially last year but almost certainly never took it seriously.

Suddenly the investigation is back on, the Wall Street Journal reports, and this time the Trump administration has at least three years to pursue it:

The Trump administration is pressing Harvard University to turn over records on the money it receives from foreign sources going back a decade, the latest in a growing pressure campaign against the nation’s most prominent university.

American universities get billions in grants, contracts or gifts from foreign sources, which they must report semiannually to the government. In a Thursday letter to Harvard President Alan Garber, the U.S. Department of Education’s office of the General Counsel wrote that Harvard made “incomplete and inaccurate” disclosures between 2014 and 2019.

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National Review covered the issue last month, before the fight with Harvard over its anti-Semitism and discriminatory practices heated up. It's not just the amount of money that's the concern, but the origin of the money:

Harvard University received the most foreign funding at an estimated $3.2 billion ….

Americans for Public Trust identified significant amounts of foreign aid from U.S. adversaries and Middle Eastern nations. Last year, Qatar poured over $342 million into colleges and universities, while China spent another $176 million.

Saudi Arabia, an oil-rich, Muslim nation with longstanding ties to the U.S. despite its human rights record and alleged involvement in the 9/11 attacks, gave $175 million to colleges and universities last year. ...

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1 posted on 04/18/2025 4:49:15 PM PDT by T Ruth
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To: T Ruth

And the money they got from Jeffrey Epstein.


2 posted on 04/18/2025 4:52:49 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: T Ruth

Main St hears they have a 53B endowment and they say, pay your own way.


3 posted on 04/18/2025 4:58:26 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: T Ruth

Harvard is a $50 billion hedge fund hiding behind an Ivy facade.


4 posted on 04/18/2025 5:03:21 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: T Ruth

wonder how much foreign $$$ came from the ChiComs


5 posted on 04/18/2025 5:07:48 PM PDT by God luvs America
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To: T Ruth

bttt


6 posted on 04/18/2025 5:09:50 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: T Ruth

I’m enjoying watching Trump exact revenge on the bastards on the left who hate this country.


7 posted on 04/18/2025 5:55:03 PM PDT by I want the USA back (America is once again GREAT!)
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To: God luvs America

Harvard has been getting millions - actually billions - from the Middle East for decades. His Highness the Aga Kahn was there at the college in the 50’s with his tutors and valet. He later gave millions for his Islamic Architecture programs. That is just the tip of the iceburg. The Medical School, School of Public Health and many other schools at Harvard have relied on their millions.


8 posted on 04/18/2025 6:25:52 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: T Ruth

And report on who paid Hussein Øbowel’s tuition.


9 posted on 04/18/2025 7:11:19 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Your oath of enlistment has no expiration date)
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To: T Ruth

Now we’re talking!


10 posted on 04/19/2025 3:27:25 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: T Ruth

Now we’re talking!


11 posted on 04/19/2025 3:27:25 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: T Ruth

Xi turns lights out locks door.


12 posted on 04/19/2025 6:57:28 AM PDT by Vaduz
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