An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.

Harvard University was told by an unidentified official on Trump’s antisemitism task force that a letter of demands had been sent to the university without authorization, the New York Times reports, citing two unidentified people familiar with the matter.

Alan Garber, then Harvard University’s interim president, stepped onto a stage in Harvard Yard last May to address thousands of alumni and faculty. As the applause faded, a woman approached the lectern and dumped gold glitter on Garber’s head, shouting about releasing monkeys from Harvard labs.

The Trump Administration demanded Harvard University share information going years back on donations and contracts from foreign countries, opening a new front in its battle against the institution.

Harvard’s brewing conflict with the Trump administration could come at a steep cost — even for the nation’s richest university.