But as the administration launched an investigation into the University of California, Berkeley’s overseas funding on Friday it suggested the severity of federal sanctions universities face will depend on how schools respond to the government’s demands.

The Education Department cited 2023 media reports that UC-Berkeley had not reported “hundreds of millions of dollars” in foreign government funding.

The memo will authorize Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate whether ActBlue allowed “dummy” accounts or foreign nationals to donate toward Democratic causes as well as any other