A nonprofit monitoring group sued the Trump administration together on Monday for “illegal withholding records” involving Trump’s actions against Harvard University, including efforts to revoke the agency’s tax-exempt status.

U.S. oversight - recently sued the White House to use messages to apply signal signals and frequently publish government information under the Freedom of Information Act - filed lawsuits in the DC District Court.

"Our lawsuit is intended to force the IRS, Treasury and the Department of Education to issue records that prove they are illegally detaining the public," Chioma Chukwu, executive director of the U.S. oversight, told NPR. "The documents underlying this lawsuit may reveal potential political interventions by the president in terms of proxy actions."

According to its website, a group of lawyers responded to President Trump's first term in the White House in 2017.

The White House criticized Harvard and other Ivy League schools for not doing enough to protect Jewish students on campus in protests against the Gaza War.

In April, the Trump administration froze more than $2.2 billion in college grants after Harvard rejected the White House’s demand to eliminate the DEI program, screen international students and ensure “diversity of perspectives” in their hiring. The White House said it said in May that it would cut another $450 million in Harvard grants, and Trump insisted that schools should lose their tax-free status.

But the law bar The administration has used the IRS to target any specific taxpayer. Harvard also sued the government for its actions.

U.S. supervisors said it was a FOIA request in April to spread records about Trump's recent White House actions against Harvard, but "the IRS failed to comply with the legal deadline to set records," a press release.

"We have experienced nothing but stone walls," Chukwu said, adding that she believes the lawsuit is not just Harvard.

"Ultimately, it's about President Trump using federal leverage to punish his critics and silence anyone who opposes the illegal agenda," Chukwu said. "Today is Harvard. Tomorrow, it can be any university, any nonprofit or foundation to support the public interest."

Almost all universities are tax-free organizations, as well as many charities, religious institutions and some political organizations. Their tax-free status also helps some elite universities accumulate huge donations. Harvard University is the largest, with over $50 billion.

Shortly after the lawsuit was filed, the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.