‘This incident is the latest chapter in Harvard protecting antisemites,’ lawmakers tell president Alan Garber
Harvard University is facing pressure from Reps. Virginia Foxx (R., N.C.) and Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) to turn over internal documents on the school’s investigation—or lack thereof—into the October “die-in” protest that led to assault charges against two students who accosted an Israeli classmate.
In a letter sent Wednesday to president Alan Garber, Foxx and Stefanik admonished Harvard for “wilfully obstructing the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office from investigating” the ongoing criminal case. They were referencing a Sept. 4 Washington Free Beacon report, which revealed that prosecutors repeatedly delayed the case because Harvard’s police department “was asked to do a follow up…