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Education Department Opens Clery Act Review of UC Berkeley After Turning Point USA Protest

The review targets Clery Act compliance through a 30-day request for campus crime logs plus local police call records dating to 2022.

A book titled "Right Wing Revolution" by Charlie Kirk lies on a chair during the 'Leading The Next Generation' Turning Point USA event held at University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, U.S., November 13, 2025. REUTERS/Octavio Jones NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES/File Photo
A bloodied man is taken away by police after an altercation before a Turning Point USA event at Zellerbach Hall on the UC Berkeley campus on Nov 10.
Comedian and actor Rob Schneider responds to a question with panelists Frank Turek, Andrew Doyle, and Peter Boghossian during a Turning Point USA event at Zellerbach Hall on the UC Berkeley campus in Berkeley, Calif., on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (Photo by Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Overview

  • Federal Student Aid will assess UC Berkeley’s safety reporting practices and has ordered production of records within 30 days, including daily crime logs and local police call logs back to 2022.
  • UC Berkeley says it publicly reported a fistfight tied to an attempted robbery and an injury from a thrown object, and it deployed large numbers of police and contracted security for the event.
  • The Department of Justice previously opened a probe into the Nov. 10 disturbance, with the FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force also examining the protests.
  • Coverage from CalMatters, cited by Inside Higher Ed, reported four arrests connected to the protest at the Turning Point USA event.
  • Education officials cited Berkeley’s 2020 Clery penalties and ongoing monitoring as context for the new review, which unfolds as the Trump administration intensifies scrutiny of UC campuses.