Harvard University lawyers have requested a federal judge to deem the Trump administration's $2.6 billion funding freeze illegal, arguing it violates free speech and regulatory rights.

Harvard University lawyers urged a federal judge to rule immediately that the Trump administration’s freeze on $2.2 billion in funding is illegal and that it violated the school’s free speech and regulatory rights.

Harvard University is asking a federal judge to unfreeze $2.5 billion in research funding halted by the Trump administration, calling the move illegal and politically motivated. In a filing submitted Monday to the U.