The Trump administration has dropped efforts to obtain records from the University of Pennsylvania that would have included a list tied to Jewish employees and campus groups. Multiple outlets report that the administration had pressed Penn for more than a year for documentation related to antisemitism complaints and information identifying Jewish-affiliated groups involved with Judaism on campus.
Court filings referenced in the reporting indicate the demand is no longer being pursued in the case pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Penn officials and Jewish-affiliated organizations had argued that the subpoena-like request was comparable to practices used in Nazi Germany, according to one account.
The reported change comes amid the broader backdrop of government scrutiny of universities over how they handle antisemitism. While earlier efforts sought specific lists and records connected to Jewish employees and groups, the administration’s latest court submission reflects that the subpoena or demand has been withdrawn or abandoned. The reporting does not indicate that Penn’s broader dispute over antisemitism-related oversight has ended.
