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- 要点总结
- 特朗普曾严厉打击美国顶尖大学
- 人权倡导者提出了言论自由、正当程序方面的担忧
- 前司法部律师称调查结果早已注定
华盛顿8月18日路透电 – 一名前司法部律师表示，特朗普政府针对美国大学的反犹太主义指控调查缺乏证据，且调查结果早已注定。
特朗普政府一个特别工作组针对所谓反犹太主义行为展开的调查，“存在极其反常的程序违规、事先注定的调查结果，缺乏事实或法律依据，并且无视”特定法律要求和言论自由权利，哈莉·范·埃雷姆的律师在一份投诉中表示。范·埃雷姆曾是司法部民权部门的职业律师。
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这位举报人的投诉已被美国民主党众议员杰米·拉斯金于周二公开，该投诉被提交给众议院司法委员会。
投诉称，范·埃雷姆等人曾建议同时针对大学校园内的反穆斯林偏见指控展开调查，但这些提议“未被领导层采纳”。
共和党籍总统唐纳德·特朗普以针对大学展开调查和威胁暂停联邦拨款为手段，打击支持针对美国盟友以色列袭击加沙地带的巴勒斯坦抗议活动的行为。特朗普政府称这些抗议者是反犹太主义者，且支持极端主义。
抗议者包括一些犹太团体表示，反对以色列对巴勒斯坦领土的占领及其对加沙地带的袭击并非反犹太主义，倡导巴勒斯坦权利不应等同于支持极端主义。
司法部发言人表示：“哈莉·范·埃雷姆在司法部工作期间并未参与大学相关调查。对于所有案件，司法部都维护这些调查的公正性。”
投诉称，司法部高级官员和卫生与公众服务部官员“背离了旨在确保正当程序、准确性和法律合规性的长期调查惯例”。
“至少在部分调查中，几乎没有事实依据证明开展这些调查是合理的。当他们（范·埃雷姆等人）提出疑问、表达法律担忧或试图记录自己的反对意见时，有时会受到斥责，他们的担忧也常常被忽视，”投诉补充道。
投诉称，一些被指派参与调查的司法部人员认为，要求与一些中东研究教授进行面谈“似乎是企图恐吓这些教授，其根源在于伊斯兰恐惧症假设，即中东研究教授会持有反犹太主义观点，而非任何实际存在的反犹太主义投诉证据”。
美国政府还以多元化举措、跨性别政策和气候项目为由针对多所大学。人权倡导者提出了正当程序、言论自由和学术自由方面的担忧。
哥伦比亚大学去年7月同意向美国政府支付超过2亿美元，以了结联邦调查并恢复大部分联邦拨款。布朗大学在2025年与政府达成和解时，表示将支付5000万美元用于支持当地劳动力发展。
这两所均表示反对一切形式歧视的大学，都接受了政府的某些要求。
哈佛大学尚未达成和解。该校此前将特朗普政府的调查称为“针对哈佛大学拒绝放弃其独立性和宪法权利的报复性行动”。
Kanishka Singh 华盛顿报道；Kate Mayberry 编辑
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卡尼什卡·辛格是路透社华盛顿分社突发新闻记者，目前主要报道美国政治和国家事务。他过往的突发新闻报道涵盖诸多主题，包括“黑人的命也是命”运动、美国大选、2021年国会山骚乱及其后续调查、英国脱欧协议、美中贸易紧张局势、北约从阿富汗撤军、新冠疫情，以及他家乡印度2019年一处宗教争议场所的最高法院判决。
Trump administration antisemitism probes into universities lacked evidence, ex-DOJ attorney says
2026-08-19T00:40:49.204Z / Reuters
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- Summary
- Trump has cracked down on top US universities
- Rights advocates have raised free speech, due process concerns
- Ex-DOJ attorney says probes had predetermined outcomes
WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (Reuters) – A former Department of Justice attorney has said the Trump administration’s probes of U.S. universities over accusations of antisemitism lacked evidence and had predetermined outcomes.
Investigations by a Trump administration task force into alleged antisemitism were “marked by extraordinary procedural irregularities, predetermined outcomes without factual or legal support, and disregard” for specific legal requirements and free speech rights, lawyers for Haley Van Erem, a former career attorney in the DOJ’s civil rights division, said in a complaint.
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sent to the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee was made public on Tuesday by Democratic U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin.
The complaint said Van Erem and others suggested to also open probes into allegations of anti-Muslim bias on university campuses but those proposals “were not pursued by leadership.”
Republican President Donald Trump has targeted universities with probes and federal funding suspension threats over pro-Palestinian protests against U.S. ally Israel’s assault on Gaza. The Trump administration alleges the protesters were antisemitic and supported extremism.
Protesters, including some Jewish groups, say opposing Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories and its assault on Gaza is not antisemitic and advocacy for Palestinian rights should not be equated with supporting extremism.
“While at the DOJ, Ms. Haley Van Erem did not work on university investigations. And for all matters, the department stands behind the integrity of these investigations,” a DOJ spokesperson said.
Senior DOJ and Department of Health and Human Services officials “departed from longstanding investigative practices designed to ensure due process, accuracy and legal compliance,” the complaint said.
“For at least some of the investigations, there was little to no factual predicate justifying opening them. When they (Van Erem and others) asked questions, raised legal concerns, or sought to document their objections, they were sometimes admonished and their concerns were often disregarded,” it added.
The complaint said some DOJ assignees felt the mandate to conduct interviews with some Middle East studies professors “seemed like an attempt to intimidate those professors and was rooted in Islamophobic assumptions that Middle East Studies professors would harbor antisemitic viewpoints rather than any actual evidence of complaints about antisemitism.”
The government has also targeted universities over diversity initiatives, transgender policies and climate programs. Rights advocates have raised due process, free speech and academic freedom concerns.
Columbia University agreed to pay more than $200 million to the U.S. government to resolve federal probes and restore most of its federal funding in July last year. Brown University said it would pay $50 million to support local workforce development when it reached a settlement with the government in 2025.
Both institutions, who have said they oppose all forms of discrimination, had accepted certain government demands.
Harvard University is yet to make a deal. It has previously cast Trump administration probes as “retaliatory actions against Harvard for its refusal to surrender our independence and constitutional rights.”
Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Kate Mayberry
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Kanishka Singh is a breaking news reporter for Reuters in Washington DC, who primarily covers US politics and national affairs in his current role. His past breaking news coverage has spanned across a range of topics like the Black Lives Matter movement; the US elections; the 2021 Capitol riots and their follow up probes; the Brexit deal; US-China trade tensions; the NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan; the COVID-19 pandemic; and a 2019 Supreme Court verdict on a religious dispute site in his native India.
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