‘Expect Massive Lawsuits’ against UC System over Antisemitism, Says Federal Task Force Head

“Unlike the previous administration, expect massive lawsuits against the UC system.”

By Mike Wagenheim, JNS

Having paused, canceled or audited billions of dollars in federal funding at Harvard University and sought to curb the school’s ability to enroll foreign students over its record protecting Jews on campus, the Trump administration is focusing on the University of California system next, Leo Terrell, who leads the Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, told Fox News on Tuesday.

“I want everyone to understand this. Unlike the previous administration, expect massive lawsuits against the UC system,” Terrell, senior counsel at the U.S. Justice Department, told Harris Faulkner on her eponymous show. “On the East Coast. The West Coast. The Midwest. Expect hate crime charges filed by the federal government. Expect Title VII lawsuits against those individuals who are not being protective, simply because they are Jewish.”

“This is going to stop,” he told Fox News. “We’re going to meet them in court.”

Terrell told JNS earlier this week that the Trump administration planned to file a lawsuit against the 10-campus University of California system.

Rachel Zaentz, senior director of strategic and critical communications in the University of California president’s office, stated that the UC system “abhors antisemitism and is diligently working to address, counter and eradicate it in all its forms across the system.”

“The university remains entirely focused on strengthening our programs and policies to root out antisemitism and all forms of discrimination,” Zaentz added.

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