Trump threatens to pull federal funds for US schools allowing ‘illegal protests’

President also claims he will imprison ‘agitators’ a day after administration called for review at Columbia University
Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to halt all federal funding for any college or school that allows “illegal protests” and vowed to imprison “agitators”, in a social media statement that prompted alarm from free expression advocates.
“All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests,” the US president wrote on Truth Social.
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