Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, issued six subpoenas Wednesday to Columbia University for its failure to provide information regarding its handling of on-campus antisemitism following Iranian-backed Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attack in Israel.

The committee said in a news release that six people were subpoenaed, including Interim President Katrina Armstrong, who took over last week following the resignation of Minouche Shafik, and the co-chairs and vice chairs of the university’s Board of Trustees.

Columbia’s upper Manhattan campus was at the center of a protest movement connected to Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip that was launched after the terror attack. The protests swept across college campuses nationwide, leading to thousands of arrests and the disruption of graduation ceremonies.

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