{"id":2328471,"date":"2024-08-21T14:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T18:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-university-hit-with-congressional-subpoena-in-antisemitism-investigation-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-21T14:27:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T18:27:10","slug":"columbia-university-hit-with-congressional-subpoena-in-antisemitism-investigation-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-university-hit-with-congressional-subpoena-in-antisemitism-investigation-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia University hit with congressional subpoena in antisemitism investigation &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolumbia-university-hit-with-congressional-subpoena-in-antisemitism-investigation-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2328471&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses Columbia University being served with a\u2063 congressional subpoena as part of an investigation \u200binto antisemitism, led \u200bby Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Education\u200b and the\u2062 Workforce Committee. The subpoena, \u2063directed to \u200dacting president Katrina Armstrong, follows the \u200bresignation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-worthy-recipient-pro-life-group-names-trump-pro-life-person-of-the-year\/\" title=\"\u201cA Worthy Recipient\u201d- Pro-Life Group Names Trump Pro-Life \u201cPerson Of The Year\u201d\">previous president<\/a>, Minouche Shafik, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-y-increases-patrols-near-jewish-sites-amid-security-threats\/\" title=\"N.Y. boosts security near Jewish sites due to threats.\">amidst tensions related<\/a> to pro-Palestinian protests on campus. The investigation aims\u200d to assess the\u2062 university&#8217;s response to these protests\u2063 and instances of alleged antisemitism, \u2064which the committee claims reflects\u2064 a \u200cpattern of negligence.<\/p>\n<p>Foxx criticized Columbia \u200bfor not cooperating with the committee&#8217;s requests for information regarding \u2062the environment\u200c for Jewish students,\u2064 suggesting that the administration has been slow to act. The committee documented\u200b instances of \u200cColumbia&#8217;s lack\u200b of responsiveness, including\u2062 specific requests \u200bfor \u2062communications and records related to \u200bthe protests. Foxx expressed hope that\u200d the new \u2064leadership would be more compliant and \u200cemphasized the\u200b importance of \u200bensuring a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-court-packing-to-climate-change-teachers-unions-push-progressive-priorities-as-test-scores-plummet\/\" title=\"Teachers&#039; unions prioritize progressive issues like court packing and climate change while test scores decline.\">safe learning\u2064 environment<\/a> for Jewish students \u200con campus.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Columbia University hit with congressional subpoena in antisemitism investigation<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1734825\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-education-and-the-workforce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House Education and the Workforce Committee<\/a>, sent a subpoena to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/columbia-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Columbia University<\/a> on Wednesday, tightening the screws in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>antisemitism<\/a> investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The subpoena, sent to acting Columbia University President Katrina Armstrong, comes exactly one week after Minouche Shafik resigned from her post as the school&rsquo;s president amid months of tension from pro-Palestinian protests and encampments on campus. Foxx&rsquo;s committee has been investigating the school&rsquo;s response to those protests and alleged antisemitism since February and ramped up the investigation in the spring.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Columbia should be a partner in our efforts to ensure Jewish students have a safe learning environment on its campus, but instead, university administrators have slow rolled the investigation, repeatedly failing to turn over necessary documents,&rdquo; Foxx said in a statement. &ldquo;The&nbsp;information we have obtained points to a continued pattern of negligence&nbsp;towards antisemitism and a refusal to stand up to the&nbsp;radical students and faculty&nbsp;responsible for it. The goal of this investigation has always been to protect Jewish students and faculty, and if compulsory measures are necessary to&nbsp;obtain the documents the Committee requires, so be it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Columbia was the epicenter of pro-Palestinian protests that spread to campuses across the country. The occupation of parts of campus was put down somewhat violently by police after pressure was placed on the school&rsquo;s administration, which many critics say was slow to act.<\/p>\n<p>According to the letter, Columbia has displayed a &ldquo;repeated failure&rdquo; to respond to committee requests for information since the Feb. 16 launch of the investigation. Foxx wrote that she is hopeful the school&rsquo;s new leadership will be more responsive than Shafik&rsquo;s administration. The committee warned the school on Aug. 1 that a lack of responsiveness would result in a subpoena.<\/p>\n<p>The letter walked through a chronology of the committee requesting specific information from the school and the school not being responsive to those requests.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;On April 26, following the establishment of the so-called Gaza Solidarity Encampment, which by Columbia&rsquo;s own admission created a hostile environment in violation of Title VI, the Committee sent Columbia an updated set of priority requests,&rdquo; the letter stated. &ldquo;The Committee identified three categories of materials as its top priorities: communications from specified custodians; Board of Trustees meeting minutes, notes, and summaries; and information on disciplinary cases relating to the encampment or from the period since the establishment of the encampment. &hellip; Despite the Committee&rsquo;s numerous efforts to identify its priorities, Columbia has failed to satisfy these requests.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Requests from the committee included texts and other messages regarding antisemitism since Oct. 7, 2023, including among officials and contact with the encampment. The committee also requested information regarding student disciplinary action, which Foxx&rsquo;s letter says the school has only included since April 17.<\/p>\n<p>The committee is asking for the same information, to include the messages, Board of Trustees minutes, notes, summaries, and recordings regarding antisemitism or Israel, and other documents regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict by students, faculty, and staff since Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<p>Now, however, the school will be legally compelled to respond to the requests by Sept. 4 at noon.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, a Columbia spokesperson said, &ldquo;Columbia is&nbsp;committed to combating antisemitism&nbsp;and all forms of discrimination.&nbsp;We have provided thousands of documents over the past seven months in response to the committee&rsquo;s dozens of ongoing requests, and we remain committed to cooperating with the committee.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to the school, administrators have responded with thousands of documents in response to the committee&rsquo;s requests.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1734825\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1734825\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia University has received a congressional subpoena as part of an investigation into antisemitism. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chair of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the subpoena to acting President Katrina Armstrong on Wednesday, just one week after Minouche Shafik stepped down amid ongoing tensions from pro-Palestinian protests on campus. The committee has been examining the university&#8217;s handling of these protests and allegations of antisemitism since February, intensifying its inquiry in the spring. Foxx criticized Columbia for not cooperating fully with the investigation, stating that university officials have delayed providing essential documents and have shown a pattern of negligence regarding antisemitism issues. She emphasized that the investigation aims to ensure a safe environment for Jewish students and faculty at Columbia.<\/p>\n<p>The university was at the center of widespread pro-Palestinian demonstrations that affected campuses nationwide, with police intervening forcefully after pressure mounted on school administrators who were perceived as slow to respond. According to Foxx&#8217;s letter, Columbia has repeatedly failed to comply with requests for information since the investigation began on February 16. She expressed hope that new leadership would be more cooperative than Shafik\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>The committee had warned Columbia on August 1 about potential legal action if it continued to be unresponsive. The letter detailed specific requests made by the committee regarding communications related to antisemitism since October 7, 2023, including messages among officials connected to recent encampments protesting against Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Now under legal obligation, Columbia must provide requested documents by September 4 at noon. A spokesperson for Columbia stated that they are dedicated to fighting antisemitism and discrimination in all forms and noted they have already submitted thousands of documents over seven months in response to various requests from Congress while pledging continued cooperation with the committee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":2328472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/columbia-protests-1-1024x595.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[38827,37337,38826],"class_list":["post-2328471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-antisemitism-investigation","tag-columbia-university","tag-congressional-subpoena"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/columbia-protests-1-1024x595.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2328471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2328472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2328471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2328471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2328471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}