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Investigators from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) interviewed the former Columbia University Temporary President Katrina Armstrong for the issue of anti -Semitism in the campus, the report said.
AND Wall Street Journal They reported that the HHS investigators interviewed Armstrong on April 1. During the closed door deposit after the resignation of March 28. Armstrong also announced on Sunday that he was leaving his position at the Columbia Irving University Medical Center, where she was the executive director.
During the deposition, Armstrong said she did not know about the accusations that Jewish students spit and that she did not know the names of several faculty members who allegedly distributed the Pro-Hamas material that he defended on October 7, 2023.
Armstrong also said she didn’t know Students at Columbia University They called for the destruction of Israel.
Undated photograph provided by Columbia University on August 16, 2024, temporary President Dr. Katrine A. Armstrong. (Jorg Meyer Photography/Columbia University via AP)
Sean Keveny, a virtue of the HHS General Advisor, was not pleased with Armstrong’s answers, according to parts of the transcript published by the Wall Street Journal.
“I’m just trying to figure out how you have such a terrible memory of certain incidents of anti -Semitism when you are obviously an intelligent doctor,” Keveny said.
Armstrong told HHS officials that “she has been a very, very, very challenging year” New York Times.
“I have no special memories, sitting here, about what is in this report or what I remember in this report,” she added.
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Student protesters gather at their camp at the Columbia University campus, April 29, 2024, New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
Former temporary president of Columbia University has said several times during the deposition that parts of the last year are “blurred” and said he has problems with remembering certain details.
Columbia University Governing Council tried to separate himself from Armstron’s testimony to the HHS statements officers.
“Columbia University is firmly dedicated to solving the questions our federal regulators in terms of discrimination, harassment and anti -Semitism,” the committee said. “This testimony does not reflect hard work that the University has taken in the fight against anti -Semitism, harassment and discrimination and ensuring the safety and well -being of our community.”
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President Donald Trump speaks at dinner of the National Republican Congress Committee in Washington, DC, 8 April 2025. (Reuters/Nathan Howard)
Armstron’s testimony of HHS comes after Trump administration In March, he moved to withdraw over $ 400 million funding to the institution. Negotiations on the renovation of funds began after the university agreed to several requests, such as the restoration of their protest policies.
Fox News Digital reached for commentary at HHS and Columbia University.
Fox News’ Alec Schemmel contributed to this report.
