A top Trump appointee in the Justice Department ordered an aggressive investigation in the last several months of student protesters at Columbia University, raising anger and alarm among career prosecutors and investigators who saw the demand as politically motivated and lacking legal merit, people familiar with the episode said.
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Justice Dept.’s Criminal Inquiry of Columbia Protesters Raised Alarms Internally
Behind the scenes, a top department official pressed employees to gather a list of activists and investigate them, people familiar with the matter said.