Former Dept. of Justice staff: Trump admin. leaders pressed major Ivy League officials into deals when they hadn't broken laws

NY TIMES 08/18/2026

Trump-Vance JUSTICE Dept.

prosecutors pressed

Brown

Columbia

Univ. officials

over civil rights violations they

hadn't committed --

WHISTLE BLOWER lawyer

Haley Van Erem assigned to

task force during Pam Bondi

early prosecution efforts . . .

[ reporters Mark Arsenault & 

Alan Blinder ]

5:30 p.m. Tuesday 8/19