Letter to Harvard sent by mistake by Trump officials, claims NYT report

According to the New York Times, which cites two unnamed persons familiar with the situation, an unnamed official on Trump's antisemitism task group informed Harvard University that a letter of requests had been delivered to the university without permission.

The White House and the institution began a court battle after the letter contained a number of demands about staffing, admissions, and curriculum.

According to the report, which cited three unnamed individuals who were informed on the subject, Sean Keveney, the acting general counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services, sent the letter. According to the article, Keveney could not be reached for comment.