An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.

Harvard University was told by an unidentified official on Trump’s antisemitism task force that a letter of demands had been sent to the university without authorization, the New York Times reports, citing two unidentified people familiar with the matter.

The sweeping set of demands President Donald Trump’s administration insisted Harvard University comply with last Friday was sent to the elite institution by mistake and should never have hit their inbox,

The legal underpinnings of the administration’s broadsides against universities and schools stretch precedents and cut corners.

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to strip Harvard of its tax-exempt status on Tuesday (April 15) and said the university should apologize, a day after it rejected what it called unlawful demands to overhaul academic programs or lose federal grants.