Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon says she wants to reopen negotiations with Harvard University, but indicated that the Trump administration will continue its aggressive tactics with the Ivy League school. 

McMahon further told The New York Times in an interview published Saturday that Harvard’s lawsuit against the Trump administration is making it “a little bit hard to have negotiations” with the school. 

“When you’re sitting and talking, do you have to have all your lawyers present, do all those things to make sure you’re not compromising the lawsuit?” McMahon commented. “That kind of stuff I’d have to have the lawyers respond to as well.”

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