Anti-Israel protesters seen at Harvard University at a rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Oct. 14, 2023. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)
"Further information shows that local prosecutors are currently in the process of negotiating court dates with two of the Harvard students who assaulted the victim. On March 25, Holtzman Vogel learned that the ‘Clerk’s Hearing’ in the criminal case has been postponed to May 7," Stefanik wrote. "One of the assailants in the incident, a Harvard Divinity School graduate student, is scheduled to graduate in May 2024. Due to this postponement, the assailant will gain the lifelong distinction of being an alumnus of Harvard despite having committed a well-documented antisemitic hate crime against a fellow student."
"Justice for this incident should have been served quickly, and the delay of justice that specifically allows an antisemitic student to graduate is an affront to accountability and demonstrates the cultural rot of Harvard University’s leadership that has allowed antisemitism to continue," Stefanik wrote.
Stefanik noted that when now-former Harvard President Claudine Gay failed to say that calls for genocide against Jews violated school regulations while testifying before Congress in December, she also claimed "disciplinary processes are underway" against those who committed antisemitic acts.
"This has proven to be false, with Harvard producing no evidence of punishment against those who have committed crimes and violated Harvard’s code of conduct."
An anti-Israel protest involving students and their supporters on the lawn of the Harvard Business School on Oct. 18, 2023. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
"Indeed, you first contacted our offices over two months ago seeking additional information, and when we discussed this matter, you indicated that the University wanted to address it promptly. The time to act is now as one of the students rapidly approaches the potential of being awarded a degree at Harvard," the letter says, charging that Harvard University "has not taken a single disciplinary action against any of the students involved in the wrongful treatment" of their client, with the exception of one student at the Harvard Divinity School (HDS), who reportedly lost his proctor privileges at Harvard College.
The firm goes on to say the Jewish student seen being assaulted "on video by multiple cameras at several different angles" further reported the incident to the school but continues to face online harassment.
"Meanwhile, defamatory posts authored in the wake of the incident and directly targeting [alleged victim] remain online as of today and are easily accessible to you at this precise moment," the letter says. "In fact, Harvard PSC [Palestine Solidarity Committee] continues to maintain our client’s photograph on its official X feed, which has been retweeted more than 21,000 times and ‘liked’ by more than 45,000, which certainly implies approval of Harvard University. In addition, at least two postings by a current business school student on HBS affinity chats remain posted, though they refer to our client as ‘a Zionist aggressor’ and include his photograph."
Fox News Digital reached out to Harvard for comment, but they did not immediately respond.
Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
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