The Trump administration has lowered the bar for a deal with the university, backtracking on its insistence on a $200 million payment to the government, The New York Times has learned.
Harvard has faced internal pressure for months from faculty, students and alumni who view President Trump as an authoritarian and any deal as an act of capitulation.
The New York Times found more than 5,300 files with references to Mr. Trump and related terms. They include salacious and unverified claims, as well as documents that had already been made public.