{"id":2436951,"date":"2025-05-20T11:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T15:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-department-to-use-false-claims-act-to-target-dei-programs-campus-antisemitism-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T11:29:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T15:29:50","slug":"justice-department-to-use-false-claims-act-to-target-dei-programs-campus-antisemitism-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-department-to-use-false-claims-act-to-target-dei-programs-campus-antisemitism-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice Department to use False Claims Act to target DEI programs, campus antisemitism &#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\">32<\/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%2Fjustice-department-to-use-false-claims-act-to-target-dei-programs-campus-antisemitism-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=2436951&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 U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) plans to utilize the False claims Act to pressure universities into discontinuing their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, and also to address campus antisemitism. This approach follows the DOJ&#8217;s assertion under the Trump administration that many institutions have inadequately responded to these issues and are thus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/byu-rooting-out-racism-task-force-calls-for-race-conscious-religious-curriculum-admissions-standards\/\" title=\"BYU \u2018Rooting Out Racism\u2019 Task Force Calls For \u2018Race-Conscious\u2019 Religious Curriculum, Admissions Standards\">violating civil rights laws<\/a>. Attorney General Pam Bondi stated that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-university-hit-with-federal-complaint-over-rampant-and-pervasive-anti-semitism\/\" title=\"American university faces federal complaint for widespread anti-Semitism\">universities receiving federal funding<\/a> must comply with these laws or risk losing their funds. The DOJ&#8217;s initiative aims to target institutions for fraud related to civil rights compliance, possibly leading to fines, damages, and even criminal prosecutions in serious cases. This move is part of a broader strategy to eliminate DEI initiatives seen as promoting divisiveness. The DOJ will coordinate efforts through its <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >anti-fraud unit alongside<\/a> the Civil Rights Division.  <\/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\">Justice Department to use False Claims Act to target DEI programs, campus antisemitism&nbsp;<\/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_2103063\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\/https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Justice Department<\/a> will use a law typically used to punish corrupt recipients of federal funding to pressure universities to abandon diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump&rsquo;s Department of Justice cited what it views as universities&rsquo; inadequate responses to campus antisemitism and &ldquo;divisive&rdquo; DEI policies as justification for using the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/false-claims-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> False Claims Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3416711\/doge-loses-fight-control-institute-of-peace\/\">DOGE loses fight to take control of US Institute of Peace<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3416425\/dan-bongino-james-comey-copycats-fbi-8647-post\/\">Bongino says FBI is dealing with &lsquo;8647&rsquo; copycats as he slams&nbsp;&lsquo;self&nbsp;serving&rsquo; Comey<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3416434\/department-of-justice-chicago-mayor-investigation-hiring-practices\/\">DOJ leading race discrimination investigation into Chicago city hiring practices<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Institutions that take federal money only to allow antisemitism and promote divisive D.E.I. policies are putting their access to federal funds at risk,&rdquo; Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement. &ldquo;This Department of Justice will not tolerate these violations of civil rights &mdash; inaction is not an option.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Entities receiving federal funding must be compliant with civil rights laws in order to continue receiving the funding. The Trump administration has found numerous institutions, especially schools, in violation of civil rights statutes such as Title VI, Title VII, and Title IX due to race-based opportunities, scholarships, and hiring, a lack of enforcement of campus antisemitism, and allowing transgender-identifying biological males to compete in women&rsquo;s sports.<\/p>\n<p>These violations have resulted in billions of dollars of federal funding being pulled from universities across the country. However, the Trump administration is taking it a step further and accusing these institutions of fraud for accepting federal funds tied to their compliance with civil rights laws.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/dag\/media\/1400826\/dl?inline=&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> memo<\/a> to staff that the department will seek fines and damages in most instances where violations are found, but noted the DOJ will consider criminal prosecutions in what it views as extreme circumstances. Blanche said each of the country&rsquo;s 93 U.S. Attorneys&rsquo; offices will be required to appoint a prosecutor to contribute to the effort.<\/p>\n<p>The Civil War-era False Claims Act allows the government to recover funds that have been lost due to fraud and impose penalties,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/civil\/false-claims-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> according<\/a> to the DOJ.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>New York Times<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/15\/us\/politics\/harvard-justice-dept-investigation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">  reported<\/a> last week that the Trump administration used the False Claims Act to investigate whether<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/harvard-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Harvard University<\/a>&rsquo;s admission policies comply with a Supreme Court ruling that ended affirmative action.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3355766\/democratic-attorneys-general-resistance-trump-2-0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>DEMOCRATIC ATTORNEYS GENERAL EMERGE AS SOME OF THE ONLY REAL RESISTANCE AGAINST TRUMP 2.0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This initiative will be a joint project of the department&rsquo;s anti-fraud unit and its Civil Rights Division, the latter of which has been severely downsized.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department&rsquo;s announcement is part of Trump&rsquo;s broader effort to pressure universities into ditching DEI initiatives by withholding federal funds. Trump has repeatedly claimed that universities spread anti-American, Marxist, and &ldquo;radical left&rdquo; ideologies. Many institutions have already eliminated DEI programs in accordance with Trump&rsquo;s orders, but that has not necessarily spared them from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3402232\/columbia-staff-cuts-180-grants-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> funding cuts<\/a> related to other civil rights violations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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_2103063\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2103063\"}});<\/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>Justice Department to target DEI programs using False Claims Act<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2436952,"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\/12\/harvardlegacyadmission.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[46738,55595,33600],"class_list":["post-2436951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-dei-programs","tag-false-claims-act","tag-justice-department"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/harvardlegacyadmission.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436951","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2436951"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2436955,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436951\/revisions\/2436955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2436952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2436951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2436951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2436951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}