Watchdogs sue US government over Qatar’s billions in university funding

From The Jerusalem Post:

A new legal battle is unfolding over Qatar’s financial influence on prominent American universities, as watchdog organizations seek transparency about billions in foreign funding flowing into US higher education institutions.

The Zachor Legal Institute, in conjunction with Judicial Watch, filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the US Department of Education several weeks ago, seeking records related to Doha’s funding and operations at five prestigious American universities: Georgetown, Northwestern, Cornell, Harvard, and the University of Michigan.

Tom Fitton, President of Judicial Watch, urged the Department of Education under US President Donald Trump to “expose the details of this foreign influence operation as soon as possible,” denouncing what he deemed to be the Biden administration’s lack of will to address “Qatari government funds manipulating American universities.”

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