Trump Administration Drops Penn Subpoena Seeking Jewish Group Lists After 1-Year EEOC Fight
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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 23
Trump Administration Drops Penn Subpoena Seeking Jewish Group Lists After 1-Year EEOC Fight
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 23
Summary
A Thursday court filing shows the Trump administration abandoned its bid to force the University of Pennsylvania to hand over names tied to Jewish campus groups and Jewish Studies staff.
The retreat ends, at least for Penn, a legally fraught subpoena fight that had sought complaint records, group rosters and contact information as part of an EEOC antisemitism investigation.
Penn had resisted the demands as unconstitutional and dangerous, arguing the government was assembling information on people of Jewish ancestry without their consent.
Judge Gerald Pappert ruled in March that Penn largely had to comply, but he paused that order for appeal and later said the case raised complex constitutional issues and potential harm from releasing records.
The EEOC inquiry into alleged antisemitism at Penn remains open, even though the administration gave no reason for dropping the subpoena.