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 reports, citing two unidentified people familiar with the matter.

The legal underpinnings of the administration’s broadsides against universities and schools stretch precedents and cut corners.

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Harvard University is abusing its tax-exempt status as he escalated his fight with the institution. "I think Harvard is a disgrace," Trump told reporters.