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The suit says that Harvard failed to protect its Jewish and Israeli students by being deliberately indifferent to harassment and hostility and for not enforcing campus rules when it comes to Jewish students.
The suit, filed in federal district court in Massachusetts, is looking to recover millions of taxpayer dollars from Harvard.
In a statement, the university said it has taken steps to curb anti-Semitism and cares deeply about its Jewish and Israeli community.
The Trump administration has launched multiple legal actions against Harvard University in the last year.
Just last month, the Justice Department sued Harvard over admissions records.
The university's president, Walter Ted Carter Jr., had been in the job for two years.
While the university did not provide more details on whom the relationship was with or what access was granted, Carter recently disclosed he had a relationship with someone seeking public resources to support her personal business.
The university in Columbus, Ohio, serves more than 60,000 students.
There has been controversy and student protests on campus this semester.
Many buildings are named for Les Wexler, a retail billionaire with strong ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
Regarding new leadership, the university said it would share more information in the coming days.
The data release and accompanying website, it's part of a push by the Trump administration to make foreign influence in colleges and universities more transparent.
Under existing federal law, schools are required to report gifts or contracts from foreign entities of $250,000 or more.
In a statement, Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the data provided unprecedented visibility into funding from countries that threaten America's national security.
The new data includes a look at which universities are receiving funds from countries of concern, including China, Russia, and Iran.
Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and New York University top those lists.
In exchange for millions of dollars in federal research funding and an end to federal investigations into alleged anti-Semitism on campus, the university agreed to pay $50 million to organizations in Rhode Island focused on workforce training.