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House Republicans give California medical schools two-week deadline in antisemitism probe
By Anders Hagstrom
Published August 26, 2025
House Republicans are demanding that California's top medical schools hand over years' worth of internal documents as part of an investigation into alleged antisemitism at the institutions.
House Education and Workforce Committee chairman Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., set a two-week deadline in letters to the University of California Los Angeles and UC San Francisco medical schools. The House is investigating how the universities responded to reports of Jewish people "experiencing hostility and fear" on their campuses.
Walberg's letter demands the universities turn over "all documents and communications" since Sept. 1, 2021, relating to reports or complaints of antisemitic incidents. It demands that they include "any communications among administrators or staff regarding the complaint."
"The Committee has become aware that Jewish students, faculty, and patients have been experiencing hostility and fear at the university, and it has not been demonstrated that the university has meaningfully responded to address and mitigate this problem," Walberg asserted in the letter.
Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., is demanding years of documents on how top universities handled reports of antisemitism. (Photo by OLIVER CONTRERAS/AFP via Getty Images)
The letter to UCSF cites incidents such as Jewish students testifying to the committee that they have "concealed aspects of their Jewish identity" while attending the university.
In another instance, a student allegedly told a Jewish student that "Jews control the banks." A lab technician allegedly told the same Jewish student that Israel deserved what happened on October 7, according to the letter.
Walberg also sent a similar letter to the University of Illinois College of Medicine.
The House investigation is separate from the Trump administration's scrutiny of antisemitism allegations at UCLA. President Donald Trump's administration has already suspended $584 million in federal grants from UCLA after the Justice Department announced it found the school violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The administration said earlier this month that it is seeking $1 billion from UCLA to settle discrimination and antisemitism allegations in exchange for restoring the federal funds.
The proposed agreement, sent to the school on August 8, requires UCLA to pay the federal government $1 billion over multiple installments, along with establishing a $172 million claims fund for alleged victims of violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
In a statement provided to Fox News Digital, UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine argued that antisemitism "has no place" on its campus.
"Protecting the civil rights of our Jewish community members remains a top priority. We are committed to fair processes in all our educational programs and activities, consistent with federal and state anti-discrimination laws and continue to take specific steps to foster an environment free of antisemitism and other forms of discrimination and harassment," the statement said.
The University of California Los Angeles is facing multiple federal investigations into its handling of antisemitic incidents on campus. (iStock)
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In July, UCLA agreed to pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Jewish students and faculty members over the school's handling of anti-Israel protests, including allowing protesters to ban Jews from a part of the campus known as a "Jew Exclusion Zone."
Read the full letter to the UCSF below (App users click here)
Fox News' Louis Casiano contributed to this report
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republicans-give-california-medical-schools-two-week-deadline-antisemitism-probe