After a court victory, Harvard researchers were told some grants were being restored. But the battle over whether the government can halt the money is probably not over.
After a court victory, Harvard researchers were told some grants were being restored. But the battle over whether the government can halt the money is probably not over.
The Trump administration has opened more than a dozen federal investigations into Harvard over a variety of targets, from the university’s admissions policies to its patent paperwork.
The university’s president, Michael Schill, said he would step down following months of turbulence, including Trump administration cuts of $790 million from the university’s research funds.
The former special counsel, who led the Russia investigation during President Trump’s first term, has had difficulty speaking in recent months. A congressional committee dropped a request for Mr. Mueller to testify this week.
It is not clear what country intercepted Mr. Bolton’s private emails, but the investigation into President Trump’s former national security adviser picked up momentum under the Biden administration.
It is the latest effort by President Trump and his allies to impugn the Russia investigation, which the president sees as having been a partisan witch hunt.
The premise of the new inquiry is that classified documents related to the Russia investigation were mishandled at F.B.I. headquarters in downtown Washington, where the director and his senior aides work.
It is not clear what evidence the authorities have that John Bolton mishandled classified information, but President Trump’s efforts to punish rivals immediately stoked questions about the investigation.
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