Overview

• DOJ letters dated May 13, May 21 and May 23 ordered the Law Review to retract Wasserman’s formal reprimand and erase his disciplinary record before his May 29 graduation.
• Daniel Wasserman, a former Harvard Law Review editor who downloaded tens of thousands of documents during an internal leak inquiry, began working under White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller on May 22.
• The department is probing allegations that the journal discriminated against white male authors and has leveraged federal investigatory powers to secure compliance.
• White House spokesman Harrison Fields has praised Wasserman as a whistleblower and encouraged other students to report alleged discrimination.
• Legal experts say it is highly unusual for a cooperating witness in an active DOJ investigation to receive a White House position.