{"id":1552,"date":"2026-08-19T19:41:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1552"},"modified":"2026-08-19T19:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:41:13","slug":"whistleblower-says-politics-drove-trump-admin-antisemitism-inquiries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1552","title":{"rendered":"Whistleblower Says Politics Drove Trump Admin \u201cAntisemitism\u201d Inquiries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- begin partial\/series-card --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><i><span>Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, <\/span><\/i><i><span>support us with a donation<\/span><\/i><i><span> of any size.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1550\">US Army Corps Pushes Michigan Pipeline Project Ahead Over Indigenous Opposition<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A whistleblower complaint submitted to Congress this week alleges that Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations into supposed instances of antisemitism at Ivy League universities were done so for political reasons, as the Trump administration sought to compel schools into agreeing to settlements that involved changing their policies.<\/p>\n<p> from former DOJ attorney Haley Van Erem, who worked for nearly a decade at the DOJ\u2019s Civil Rights Division, was formally given to the House Judiciary Committee on Monday. Democrats within the committee made it public on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Van Erem was directly assigned to the task force on antisemitism, which was formed shortly after President Donald Trump issued an executive order following his return to the White House in January 2025. She ended up leaving the DOJ in May 2025, as she was \u201cunwilling to be made vulnerable to further participation in politically motivated investigations unsupported by facts and contrary to law,\u201d her attorneys wrote. <\/p>\n<p>, the DOJ, along with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), \u201cdeparted from longstanding investigative practices designed to ensure due process, accuracy and legal compliance.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor at least some of the investigations, there was little to no factual predicate justifying opening them,\u201d the whistleblower document states, noting that, when she and other DOJ employees raised questions, they were \u201csometimes admonished and their concerns were often disregarded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of the investigations into universities were \u201cpredetermined before the relevant evidence was collected and evaluated,\u201d the complaint adds. For example, an investigation into Brown University yielded no conclusion that a Title VI violation had even happened. Yet the DOJ still successfully compelled the university to enter a settlement with the government, which included the institution changing its policies to reflect the Trump administration\u2019s views on gender. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1548\">Sen. Darline Graham Says She\u2019s \u201cNot That Informed on National Security\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The investigations by the DOJ focused on three universities: Brown, Columbia, and Harvard. Columbia also entered into a settlement with the administration, while Harvard has so far fought against the investigations, challenging their legality in the courts. <\/p>\n<p>The administration has also expanded its investigations to potentially examine supposed acts of antisemitism elsewhere, sending warning letters to 60 schools across the U.S. last year. Harvard\u2019s legal successes, coupled with Van Erem\u2019s complaint, could provide those institutions sufficient reason to challenge future inquiries by the administration.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the investigations also appeared to target Muslim academics without reason. In April 2025, Van Erem\u2019s disclosure noted, there was a plan by the DOJ to \u201csystematically interview Middle East studies professors, particularly Muslim faculty\u201d to see if they would say anything that could be called antisemitic. This included the targeting of one Muslim professor, who was singled out for questioning despite no allegations of antisemitic behavior being made against them. <\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the ranking Democratic member of the Judiciary Committee, panned the administration\u2019s actions, citing Van Erem\u2019s revelations in a letter to Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the start of the Trump Administration\u2019s ferocious attack on universities, it has been apparent that its investigations have been structured deliberately to harass and intimidate rather than protect anyone from discrimination,\u201d Raskin wrote. \u201cThese credible new disclosures, although limited to the experience of several professionals involved, allow the world to look under the hood and see just how far the Trump Administration strayed from any notion of professional responsibility, public ethics, or legal candor in its attacks on perceived political enemies in academia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=1546\">Democratic Socialist Angie Nixon\u2019s Primary Victory Shakes Up Senate Race in Florida<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For some of the inquiries, \u201cthere was little to no factual predicate justifying opening them,\u201d the complaint states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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