The remarkable reporting by the NYT that the Trump White House hired a disgruntled Harvard Law student who was also serving as a would-be “whistleblower” in the Justice Department’s investigation of the law review is a little hard to follow, but a quick timeline helps to bring it into better focus.
Briefly, the Trump DOJ “appeared eager,” as the Times put it, to escalate its bogus civil investigation of the Harvard Law Review for allegedly discriminating against white men into a criminal probe with allegations of obstruction of justice. Even though the law review is independent of the university, top DOJ civil rights officials tried to use the investigation to put added pressure on Harvard as part of its broader attack on the school, the NYT reports, relying on previously unreported letters.
Those letters disclosed that the government had a cooperating witness on the law review. The witness is Daniel Wasserman, who is now working under Stephen Miller, deputy chief of staff for policy.
Here’s the timeline culled from the NYT piece:
April 25: Wasserman is offered a job at the White House, the same day the conservative Washington Free Beacon publishes a story with the headline: “Exclusive: Internal Documents Reveal Pervasive Pattern of Racial Discrimination at Harvard Law Review”
April 28: The Departments of Education and Health and Human Services announce a civil rights investigation citing the Washington Free Beacon story.
May 13: The first Trump DOJ...
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