Columbia University ‘not even close’ to meeting Trump’s demands to restore $400M in funding, antisemitism task force chief says

The head of the federal task force to combat antisemitism dismissed “rumors” Thursday that Columbia University was nearing a deal to restore $400 million in federal funds frozen by the Trump administration, arguing that the Ivy League school was “not even close” to meeting President Trump’s demands. 

“There was a rumor out there that there was a settlement approaching to restore Columbia’s $400 billion that we froze. Let me be very clear to your listeners and to the nation and to the Jewish American community. That’s not true,” task force chief Leo Terrell told John Catsimatidis and Rita Cosby during an appearance on “Cats & Cosby.”