House Republicans Hit Harvard With Subpoena in Antisemitism Investigation
The House committee investigating alleged antisemitism at elite universities will subpoena Harvard University for documents relating to its handling of campus speech.
The Republican-led House Committee on Education and the Workforce announced its decision—which marks the first time a university has been served with a subpoena in the panel’s history—Friday morning in statement. It said subpoenas were necessary because Harvard failed to hand over “priority documents” to the committee, instead providing many that were already public.
“Harvard has touted its willingness to work with the Committee, citing the thousands of pages of documents it has produced. But, of the 2,516 pages of documents Harvard has produced,” committee chair Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) wrote, “at least 1,032––over 40 percent––were already publicly available. Quality––not quantity––is the committee’s concern.”