Harvard sues Trump administration over 'unlawful' multibillion dollar budget cuts

Harvard University has filed a suit against the Trump medication implicit its "unlawful" multibillion-dollar fund cuts to the school's probe funding.

"Moments ago, we filed a suit to halt the backing frost due to the fact that it is unlawful and beyond the government’s authority," Harvard President Alan Garber wrote successful a station connected X.

The determination comes conscionable 1 time aft the Trump medication reportedly planned to chopped different $1 cardinal of national grants and contracts to the university, successful summation to the $2.2 cardinal chopped that was announced past week, the Harvard Crimson archetypal reported.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the $1 cardinal is related to the elite Massachusetts Ivy League school's wellness probe funding, according to sources acquainted with the matter.

"The tradeoff enactment to Harvard and different universities is clear: Allow the Government to micromanage your world instauration oregon jeopardize the institution’s quality to prosecute aesculapian breakthroughs, technological discoveries, and innovative solutions," Harvard’s lawyers wrote successful the Monday filing.

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Harvard is suing the Trump administration

In the 51-page complaint, obtained by the outlet, Harvard accused the Trump medication of unlawfully freezing billions successful probe backing to unit the University into restructuring its governance, world programs, and hiring practices.

The ailment argues that the frost violates the First Amendment by "imposing viewpoint-based conditions connected Harvard’s funding."

In a caller societal media post, Trump claimed that Harvard had "lost its way" and didn't merit national funding.

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"Harvard has been hiring astir each woke, Radical Left, idiots and ‘birdbrains’ who are lone susceptible of teaching FAILURE to students and alleged ‘future leaders,'" Trump wrote. "Look conscionable to the caller past astatine their plagiarizing President, who truthful greatly embarrassed Harvard earlier the United States Congress.

"Harvard is simply a JOKE, teaches Hate and Stupidity, and should nary longer person Federal Funds."

Fox News Digital's Andrea Margolis contributed to this report. 

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