EXCLUSIVE: Biden Admin Looked Other Way As Antisemitism Allegations Piled Up At Columbia, Trump Official Says

Antisemitism at Columbia University grew as the Biden administration passed up an opportunity to address the problem, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) acting Chair Andrea Lucas told the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation in an interview.

Columbia agreed to a $21 million EEOC settlement in July to resolve alleged civil rights violations against Jewish employees, including a charge Lucas initially “teed up” while serving as a commissioner during the Biden administration.

“When I saw the rising flood of antisemitism, I filed a commissioner’s charge,” Lucas told the DCNF. “It’s a statutory tool that Congress gave each commissioner, but it has been rarely used by Republicans and much more used by Democrats. And so I launched that and it sort of floundered during the Biden administration.”

EEOC’s settlement came alongside a $200 million deal Columbia reached with the administration to settle discrimination claims. As part of the deal, Columbia agreed not to engage in racial discrimination in hiring, programs or admissions and to provide data ensuring commitment to “merit-based” hiring.

“While Columbia does not admit to wrongdoing with this resolution agreement, the institution’s leaders have recognized, repeatedly, that Jewish students and faculty have experienced painful, unacceptable incidents, and that reform was and is needed,” the university wrote in its announcement