President Trump took to his social media Friday, sharing plans to take away Harvard University's tax-exempt status, saying "it's what they deserve." This comes after the Trump administration also froze billions of dollars of Harvard's federal funding.

A New York University School of Law professor on tax policy, called the news a “lawless action by the President.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday re-upped his threat to strip Harvard University of its tax-exempt status, escalating a showdown with the first major college that has defied the administration’s efforts to crack down on campus activism.