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‘No Specific Memory’: Columbia University’s Armstrong Tells Feds She Can’t Recall Specifics of Any A
« on: April 09, 2025, 10:05:18 am »
‘No Specific Memory’: Columbia University’s Armstrong Tells Feds She Can’t Recall Specifics of Any Anti-Semitic Incident on Campus
Armstrong will now take sabbatical to 'spend time with family,' university says

Columbia interim president Katrina Armstrong (columbia.edu)
Eliana Johnson
April 6, 2025
Former Columbia University president Katrina Armstrong told the federal government on Tuesday that she could not recall students calling for the destruction of the state of Israel. Nor could she recall hearing of allegations that students spit on their Jewish counterparts. Or that a member of the faculty had, in class, described Jewish donors to Columbia as "wealthy white capitalists" who "laundered" "blood money."

In fact, Armstrong, who sat for a deposition at the Department of Health and Human Services in connection with the Trump administration’s civil rights investigation into the university, didn’t seem to remember much of anything about her seven-month tenure as interim president of the embattled Ivy League school. The Washington Free Beacon obtained a transcript of that deposition.



"Sitting here, I have, you know, no specific memory of hearing that," Armstrong said regarding her recollection of student activists agitating for Israel’s demise, "but I recognize the concern about that and understand that."

The former Columbia president resigned last week, days after the leak of a transcript of an internal meeting in which she told faculty members that—despite the university’s public statements to the federal government—it would not in fact make several changes demanded by the Trump administration. The school said in a statement on Sunday—after the Free Beacon reached out for comment on this story—that, after discussions with her successor, Claire Shipman, "Dr. Armstrong has decided to take a sabbatical and spend time with her family." She had previously been set to return to her post as CEO of Columbia's medical center.

https://freebeacon.com/campus/columbia-universitys-armstrong-cant-recall/
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Re: ‘No Specific Memory’: Columbia University’s Armstrong Tells Feds She Can’t Recall Specifics of A
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2025, 10:06:36 am »
 :facepalm2:   :3:   8bs8   OMGGGGGGG   ***blushing***
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Re: ‘No Specific Memory’: Columbia University’s Armstrong Tells Feds She Can’t Recall Specifics of A
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2025, 10:15:42 am »
Quote from: rangerrebew on April 09, 2025, 10:06:36 am
:facepalm2:   :3:   8bs8   OMGGGGGGG   ***blushing***

Why do you disbelieve her?  University presidents spend all their time hobnobbing with donors and dealing with alumni.  She probably was not actually in the loop on how Columbia dealt (or rather didn't deal with) anti-semitism at an incident-by-incident level, even if she signed off on policies relevant to it.  If the Dean of Students or the head of the campus police claimed no recollection, your scornful emojis would be entirely warranted.
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Re: ‘No Specific Memory’: Columbia University’s Armstrong Tells Feds She Can’t Recall Specifics of A
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2025, 10:38:19 am »
She certainly knows all about it.  Columbia's lawyers just coached her to play dumb.
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Re: ‘No Specific Memory’: Columbia University’s Armstrong Tells Feds She Can’t Recall Specifics of A
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2025, 11:18:59 am »
Roll the footage pulled from the Interwebs and display the contents of text messages and E-mails.

The kids video tape everything and put in on the Interwebs.

Katrina Armstrong may not remember, but the Interwebs do.
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Re: ‘No Specific Memory’: Columbia University’s Armstrong Tells Feds She Can’t Recall Specifics of A
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2025, 11:22:24 am »
Quote from: Timber Rattler on April 09, 2025, 10:38:19 am
She certainly knows all about it.  Columbia's lawyers just coached her to play dumb.
The Sergeant Schultz defense..
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Re: ‘No Specific Memory’: Columbia University’s Armstrong Tells Feds She Can’t Recall Specifics of A
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2025, 12:36:22 pm »
Quote from: The_Reader_David on April 09, 2025, 10:15:42 am
Why do you disbelieve her?   

I didn't say I disbelieved her.  What I implied is I don't believe her, and I want to make that perfectly clear. :whistle:
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Re: ‘No Specific Memory’: Columbia University’s Armstrong Tells Feds She Can’t Recall Specifics of A
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2025, 04:47:29 pm »
If she's a Columbia administrator or faculty member, she's almost certainly "dirty".
Did she tell 'em this with a straight face...?
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Re: ‘No Specific Memory’: Columbia University’s Armstrong Tells Feds She Can’t Recall Specifics of A
« Reply #8 on: April 09, 2025, 04:50:48 pm »
Quote from: The_Reader_David on April 09, 2025, 10:15:42 am
Why do you disbelieve her?  University presidents spend all their time hobnobbing with donors and dealing with alumni.  She probably was not actually in the loop on how Columbia dealt (or rather didn't deal with) anti-semitism at an incident-by-incident level, even if she signed off on policies relevant to it.  If the Dean of Students or the head of the campus police claimed no recollection, your scornful emojis would be entirely warranted.

I disbelieve her because nothing happens at such places without people like her knowing they happened.
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Re: ‘No Specific Memory’: Columbia University’s Armstrong Tells Feds She Can’t Recall Specifics of A
« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2025, 06:09:45 pm »
This is malarkey.
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