Schmidt: Harvard Hired a Conservative Legal Team to See What the Antisemitism Task Force Wanted to Head Off

RUSH TRANSCRIPT Wallace Not ░░░░░░░░ how today officially becomes ░░░░░░░░ Ross Sorkin appreciation day ░░░░░░░░ s Andrew Ross Sorkin ░░░░░░░░ friend over at CNBC ░░░░░░░░ to the news that ░░░░░░░░ Trump is intensifying his ░░░░░░░░ to revoke Harvard s ░░░░░░░░ exempt status for the ░░░░░░░░ s refusal to cave ░░░░░░░░ his demands It s ░░░░░░░░ retaliation which would be ░░░░░░░░ This morning Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ on Truth Social this ░░░░░░░░ we are going to ░░░░░░░░ taking away Harvard s ░░░░░░░░ exempt status It s ░░░░░░░░ they deserve Exclamation point ░░░░░░░░ is gearing up to ░░░░░░░░ its legal battle against ░░░░░░░░ s attempts to get ░░░░░░░░ to cede their academic ░░░░░░░░ The New York Times ░░░░░░░░ reporting that Harvard has ░░░░░░░░ a squad of conservative ░░░░░░░░ lawyers with ties to ░░░░░░░░ U S Supreme Court ░░░░░░░░ anticipation that its fight ░░░░░░░░ end up all the ░░░░░░░░ there in the nation ░░░░░░░░ highest court It s ░░░░░░░░ fight that Harvard s ░░░░░░░░ appears to be unifying ░░░░░░░░ behind NBC Boston is ░░░░░░░░ that Harvard s faculty ░░░░░░░░ have pledged 10 of ░░░░░░░░ salaries towards combating the ░░░░░░░░ s takeover attempts of ░░░░░░░░ Joining our conversation the ░░░░░░░░ of Media Matters for ░░░░░░░░ Angelo Carusone is back ░░░░░░░░ joining us New York ░░░░░░░░ investigative reporter Mike schmidt ░░░░░░░░ here and Democratic strategist ░░░░░░░░ professor at Columbia university ░░░░░░░░ smikle joins us Michael ░░░░░░░░ with us as well ░░░░░░░░ what the times is ░░░░░░░░ today is on this ░░░░░░░░ of super lawyers that ░░░░░░░░ been assembled We ve ░░░░░░░░ about bill burke who ░░░░░░░░ represented Donald Trump s ░░░░░░░░ House counsel but they ░░░░░░░░ also hired Scott Keller ░░░░░░░░ s a former solicitor ░░░░░░░░ for the state of ░░░░░░░░ Robert Hur who s ░░░░░░░░ partner at the firm ░░░░░░░░ and spalding and clerked ░░░░░░░░ chief justice rehnquist and ░░░░░░░░ Joe Biden What is ░░░░░░░░ gearing up for Legally ░░░░░░░░ They re gearing up ░░░░░░░░ A long Protracted battle ░░░░░░░░ I think you have ░░░░░░░░ go back and understand ░░░░░░░░ this Group came from ░░░░░░░░ this group Initially came ░░░░░░░░ Harvard Harvard won t ░░░░░░░░ negotiating but Harvard having ░░░░░░░░ back and forth with ░░░░░░░░ Trump Administration before this ░░░░░░░░ went off The rails ░░░░░░░░ a few weeks ago ░░░░░░░░ s lawyers Were engaged ░░░░░░░░ listening to the administration ░░░░░░░░ what the administration wanted ░░░░░░░░ it seemed like the ░░░░░░░░ was having a more ░░░░░░░░ posture to Harvard than ░░░░░░░░ were to a school ░░░░░░░░ Columbia And there was ░░░░░░░░ back and forth and ░░░░░░░░ this fateful Friday maybe ░░░░░░░░ guess three three weeks ░░░░░░░░ now Harvard expected to ░░░░░░░░ a Letter from the ░░░░░░░░ from the task force ░░░░░░░░ anti antisemitism task force ░░░░░░░░ laid out what the ░░░░░░░░ was looking for Harvard ░░░░░░░░ do and they expected ░░░░░░░░ to be the next ░░░░░░░░ in their in their ░░░░░░░░ of listening to the ░░░░░░░░ about what they wanted ░░░░░░░░ letter never came in ░░░░░░░░ very hyperbolic one that ░░░░░░░░ described to me was ░░░░░░░░ like putting Stephen Miller ░░░░░░░░ the chancellor of Harvard ░░░░░░░░ instead in the middle ░░░░░░░░ the night And then ░░░░░░░░ decides that Monday to ░░░░░░░░ take the gloves off ░░░░░░░░ go at it with ░░░░░░░░ So yes this is ░░░░░░░░ conservative legal team that ░░░░░░░░ built to fight Trump ░░░░░░░░ administration in court but ░░░░░░░░ was also a conservative ░░░░░░░░ team that was put ░░░░░░░░ to talk to the ░░░░░░░░ force and see what ░░░░░░░░ anti Semitism task force ░░░░░░░░ to head off something ░░░░░░░░ this.”