作者：Rishabh Jaiswal、Shivani Tanna 和 Helen Coster
- 摘要
- 哈佛大学及其他大学面临政府调查
- 哥伦比亚大学和布朗大学已与特朗普政府达成和解
- 权益倡导人士对特朗普调查期间的言论自由表示担忧
2月3日（路透社）- 美国总统唐纳德·特朗普表示，在有新闻报道称特朗普已放弃向常春藤盟校（Ivy League）索要付款后，其政府正寻求从哈佛大学获得10亿美元以解决对该校政策的调查。
特朗普政府一直以扣留联邦资金相威胁，针对哈佛大学及其他多所大学，理由包括支持巴勒斯坦的抗议活动（反对以色列在加沙的战争）、校园多元化政策以及跨性别政策等问题。
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特朗普称，哈佛大学及其他大学在亲巴勒斯坦抗议活动中允许反犹主义言论展示。
“我们现在寻求10亿美元的损害赔偿，未来也不想再与哈佛大学有任何瓜葛，”特朗普在Truth Social帖子中写道，未具体说明该数字如何得出或他所指的具体损害是什么。
特朗普的帖子是对《纽约时报》的报道作出的回应，该报道援引消息人士的话说，特朗普政府在谈判达成协议时已放弃向哈佛大学索要现金。特朗普驳斥了该报道。
特朗普政府官员和哈佛大学已进行数月谈判。特朗普去年9月表示，双方接近达成协议，哈佛大学将支付5亿美元。两周前，他称其政府可能已与位于马萨诸塞州剑桥市的该校达成协议。
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《纽约时报》为报道辩护
周一和周二晚间的社交媒体帖子中，特朗普重申了对《纽约时报》的批评，称其关于哈佛大学的报道不准确。
《纽约时报》表示，其报道基于对包括特朗普政府官员在内的多个消息来源的广泛调查。
该报在一份声明中称：“特朗普总统和政府一直批评那些揭露其行为新事实的准确报道，这已形成一种模式。”
政府已与部分大学达成调查和解。哈佛大学去年起诉特朗普政府，一名法官后来裁定政府非法终止了该校的部分资助。
抗议者，包括一些犹太团体，称政府错误地将批评以色列对加沙的袭击及其占领巴勒斯坦领土的行为等同于反犹主义，并将支持巴勒斯坦人权利等同于支持极端主义。
权益倡导人士也对特朗普的调查引发的言论自由和学术自由表示担忧。
包括哥伦比亚大学在内的其他几所常春藤盟校已与政府达成协议，并接受了某些政府要求。哥伦比亚大学同意向政府支付超过2.2亿美元，布朗大学表示将支付5000万美元以支持当地劳动力发展。
班加罗尔记者Rishabh Jaiswal、Shivani Tanna和华盛顿记者Kanishka Singh报道；Christian Schmollinger、Stephen Coates、Susan Fenton、Rod Nickel编辑
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Trump seeks $1 billion from Harvard as deal proves elusive | Reuters
By Rishabh Jaiswal, Shivani Tanna and Helen Coster
- Summary
- Harvard and other universities face government probes
- Columbia and Brown reached settlements with Trump administration
- Rights advocates concerned about free speech amid Trump probes
Feb 3 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration was seeking $1 billion from Harvard to settle probes into school policies, after a news report that said Trump had dropped his demand for a payment from the Ivy League school.
The Trump administration has been threatening to withhold federal funds from Harvard and several other universities over issues including pro-Palestinian protests against Israel’s war in Gaza, campus diversity and transgender policies.
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Trump has said Harvard and other universities allowed displays of antisemitism during pro-Palestinian protests.
“We are now seeking One Billion Dollars in damages, and want nothing further to do, into the future, with Harvard University,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post, without specifying how he arrived at that figure or what damages exactly he was referring to.
Trump’s post came in response to a New York Times report, citing sources, saying the Trump administration has dropped its demand for cash from Harvard in ongoing talks to strike a deal. Trump dismissed the report.
Trump officials and Harvard have engaged in months of talks. Trump said in September a deal was close and would involve a $500 million payment by Harvard. He said two weeks ago his administration may have reached a deal with the university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Harvard did not respond to a Reuters request for comment.
NEW YORK TIMES DEFENDS STORY
In social media posts late Monday and Tuesday, Trump reprised his criticism of the New York Times and said the reporting on Harvard was not accurate.
The Times said its story was based on extensive reporting with multiple sources, including Trump administration officials.
“President Trump and the administration have demonstrated a pattern of criticizing accurate reporting that illuminates new facts about their efforts,” the Times said in a statement.
The government has settled its probes with some universities. Harvard sued the Trump administration last year and a judge later ruled the government had unlawfully terminated some grants for the university.
Protesters, including some Jewish groups, say the government wrongly equates criticism of Israel’s attacks on Gaza and its occupation of Palestinian territories with antisemitism, and advocacy for Palestinian rights with support for extremism.
Rights advocates have also raised concerns about free speech and academic freedom over Trump’s probes.
Several other Ivy League schools, including Columbia University and Brown University, have reached agreements with the administration and accepted certain government demands. Columbia agreed to pay more than $220 million to the government and Brown said it will pay $50 million to support local workforce development.
Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal and Shivani Tanna in Bengaluru and Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Christian Schmollinger, Stephen Coates, Susan Fenton, Rod Nickel
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