{"id":17178,"date":"2026-08-19T16:26:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T08:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17178"},"modified":"2026-08-19T16:26:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T08:26:44","slug":"trump-administration-antisemitism-probes-into-universities-lacked-evidence-ex-doj-attorney-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17178","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration antisemitism probes into universities lacked evidence, ex-DOJ attorney says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A former Department of Justice attorney has said the Trump administration&#8217;s probes of \u200bU.S. universities over accusations of antisemitism lacked evidence and had predetermined outcomes.<br>Investigations by a Trump administration \u200ctask force into alleged antisemitism were &#8220;marked by extraordinary procedural irregularities, predetermined outcomes without factual or legal support, and disregard&#8221; for specific legal requirements and free speech rights, lawyers for Haley Van Erem, a former career attorney in the DOJ&#8217;s civil rights division, said in a \u200bcomplaint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260819162610-1024x667.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260819162610-1024x667.png 1024w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260819162610-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260819162610-768x500.png 768w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260819162610.png 1047w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The whistleblower complaint, opens new tab sent to the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee was made public on Tuesday by Democratic U.S. \u200bRepresentative Jamie Raskin.<br>The complaint said Van Erem and others suggested to also open probes into \u2060allegations of anti-Muslim bias on university campuses but those proposals &#8220;were not pursued by leadership.&#8221;<br>Republican President Donald Trump has targeted universities with \u200bprobes and federal funding suspension threats over pro-Palestinian protests against U.S. ally Israel&#8217;s assault on Gaza. The Trump administration alleges the protesters \u200bwere antisemitic and supported extremism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Protesters, including some Jewish groups, say opposing Israel&#8217;s occupation of Palestinian territories and its assault on Gaza is not antisemitic and advocacy for Palestinian rights should not be equated with supporting extremism.<br>&#8220;While at the DOJ, Ms. Haley Van Erem did not \u200bwork on university investigations. And for all matters, the department stands behind the integrity of these investigations,&#8221; a DOJ \u200bspokesperson said.<br>Senior DOJ and Department of Health and Human Services officials &#8220;departed from longstanding investigative practices designed to ensure due process, accuracy and \u200clegal compliance,&#8221; \u2060the complaint said.<br>&#8220;For at least some of the investigations, there was little to no factual predicate justifying opening them. When they (Van Erem and others) asked questions, raised legal concerns, or sought to document their objections, they were sometimes admonished and their concerns were often disregarded,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The complaint said some DOJ assignees felt the mandate to conduct interviews with \u200bsome Middle East studies professors &#8220;seemed \u200blike an attempt to intimidate \u2060those professors and was rooted in Islamophobic assumptions that Middle East Studies professors would harbor antisemitic viewpoints rather than any actual evidence of complaints about antisemitism.&#8221;<br>The government has also \u200btargeted universities over diversity initiatives, transgender policies and climate programs. Rights advocates have raised due process, free \u200bspeech and \u2060academic freedom concerns.<br>Columbia University agreed to pay more than $200 million to the U.S. government to resolve federal probes and restore most of its federal funding in July last year. 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