Demand letter to Harvard sent by mistake: Report

Harvard University was told by an unidentified official on Trump's antisemitism task force that a letter of demands had been sent to the university without authorization, the New York Times (NYT) reported, citing two unidentified people familiar with the matter.

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The emailed letter included a series of demands about hiring, admissions and curriculum, which started a legal battle between the university and the White House.

"The letter that Harvard received on Friday, April 11, was signed by three federal officials, placed on official letterhead, was sent from the e-mail inbox of a senior federal official, and was sent on April 11 as promised," a university spokesman said. "Recipients of such correspondence from the US government — even when it contains sweeping demands that are astonishing in their overreach — do not question its authenticity or seriousness."