Comer Abandons Hearing With DC Mayor After Police Clear ‘Illegal’ George Washington University Encampment

House Republicans’ zeal for investigating American colleges and universities shows no signs of waning, however.

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An encampment of students protesting against the Israel-Hamas war at George Washington University. AP/Mark Schiefelbein

The House Oversight Committee will not hold a hearing with the District of Columbia’s mayor after she sent in the metropolitan police to clear an anti-Israel encampment on George Washington University’s campus early Wednesday morning, the panel’s chairman announced. Despite the cancellation of this hearing, however, House Republicans’ probes of American colleges and universities show no signs of waning. 

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