House Republicans subpoena Harvard for 'unacceptable' response to antisemitism probe

The House Education and the Workforce Committee subpoenaed Harvard University for obstructing its weekslong antisemitism investigation.

In an unprecedented fashion, the Republican-led education committee subpoenaed a university for the first time in its more than 150-year history, according to a spokesperson.

The committee sent subpoenas to Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow Penny Pritzker, Interim President Dr. Alan Garber and Harvard Management Company's Chief Executive Officer N.P. Narvekar for failing to produce «priority documents» related to the probe, which started days after the committee heard «concerning» testimony from the presidents of three prominent universities during a December hearing, according to the committee.

Harvard has been given a new deadline of March 4 at 5:00 p.m. to submit key materials related to all antisemitic acts or incidents since Jan. 1, 2021, according to the subpoena.

The committee says its requesting documents that date back far enough for it to conduct a thorough investigation of the school's handling of alleged antisemitism.

«Harvard's continued failure to satisfy the Committee's requests is unacceptable,» Education Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx said in a statement, obtained by ABC News. «I will not tolerate delay and defiance of our investigation while Harvard's Jewish students continue to endure the firestorm of antisemitism that has engulfed its campus.»

A Harvard spokesperson told ABC News in a statement “Antisemitism has no place in the Harvard community." The spokesperson called the subpoenas “unfortunate” because the university has provided “fulsome” responses across ten submissions that directly address key areas of inquiry by the committee.

The committee determined subpoenas