作者：里沙布·贾伊瓦尔、希瓦尼·塔纳和海伦·科斯特
- 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
- 权益倡导者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，其政府正寻求从哈佛大学获取10亿美元以解决对该校政策的调查。此前有新闻报道称，特朗普已放弃向这所常春藤盟校索要付款的要求。
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展开调查，涉及的问题包括支持巴勒斯坦人抗议以色列在加沙战争、校园多元化政策以及跨性别政策等。
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。
“我们现在要求10亿美元的损害赔偿，未来将不再与哈佛大学有任何瓜葛，”特朗普在Truth Social（社交平台）的帖子中写道，未具体说明这一数字是如何得出的，也未说明他所指的具体损害赔偿是什么。
特朗普的帖子是回应《纽约时报》的报道，该报道援引消息人士称，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的要求。特朗普驳斥了这一报道。
特朗普政府官员与哈佛大学已进行了数月的谈判。特朗普在9月曾表示，协议即将达成，哈佛大学需支付5亿美元。两周前，他称其政府可能已与马萨诸塞州剑桥市的这所大学达成协议。
路透社就此事向哈佛大学请求置评，但未收到回应。
《纽约时报》为报道辩护
周一和周二晚间在社交媒体帖子中，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》称，其报道基于对包括特朗普政府官员在内的多方消息来源的大量报道。
“特朗普总统和政府展现出了一种批评准确报道的模式，这些报道揭示了他们在相关问题上的新事实，”《纽约时报》在一份声明中表示。
政府已与部分大学达成调查和解。哈佛大学去年起诉了特朗普政府，一名法官后来裁定政府非法终止了对该校的部分拨款。
抗议者（包括一些犹太团体）表示，政府错误地将对以色列攻击加沙及其占领巴勒斯坦领土的批评等同于反犹主义，并将支持巴勒斯坦人权利等同于支持极端主义。
权益倡导者也对特朗普调查期间的言论自由和学术自由表示担忧。
包括哥伦比亚大学和布朗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，布朗大学则表示将支付5000万美元用于支持当地劳动力发展。
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海伦·科斯特是路透社的国内事务记者，撰写突发新闻、深度报道和分析文章，重点关注政治和媒体领域。她此前报道2024年总统大选，关注共和党相关动态，此前曾报道媒体行业。
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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Helen Coster is a National Affairs Correspondent at Reuters, where she writes a mix of spot news, enterprise and analysis stories, with a focus on politics and media. She previously covered the 2024 presidential race, with a focus on Republicans, and before then reported on the media industry.
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