Since the post-Nixon era, the Internal Revenue Service has had a degree of independence from the White House. President Trump is seeking to change that.
The Trump administration has indicated that it might try to pull Harvard University’s tax-exempt status, in response to the school’s defiance of a list of demands.
A Treasury Department official wrote to the I.R.S. that Mike Lindell, the pillow entrepreneur, was “concerned he may have been inappropriately targeted.”
The Trump administration said Harvard must share detailed records about its foreign students, an escalation in the administration’s fight against prominent American schools.
The university, like many colleges and charities, is exempt from property and federal income taxes, saving it billions of dollars. President Trump has questioned whether it should enjoy that status.
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