{"id":2174595,"date":"2026-10-01T21:20:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T18:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2174595"},"modified":"2026-10-01T21:20:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T18:20:55","slug":"donald-trump-calls-cornell-fine-school-amid-alleged-gang-rape-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2174595","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Calls Cornell &#8216;Fine School&#8217; Amid Alleged Gang Rape Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/3f\/16by9\/2026\/10\/01\/3f00f129907a4c2d871bebf57fc59162_xl.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Donald Trump Calls Cornell &#8216;Fine School&#8217; Amid Alleged Gang Rape Scandal<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">President Trump<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Backs Cornell Amid Gang Rape Scandal<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">&#8230; That&#8217;s a &#8216;Fine School&#8217;<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"google-preferred-btn js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-icon.svg\" alt=\"Google\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"google-preferred-btn__title\">Add TMZ on Google<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-10-01T14:20:55-07:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/sitemaps\/article\/202610\"><br \/>\n                October 1, 2026<br \/>\n                <\/a><br \/>\n                            2:20 PM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-40da87e2d92fcc164c8289361f09b8e1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-31337deb-310c-4cb0-86ba-dce55c3fc991-137201655-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ea\/16by9\/2026\/10\/01\/ea722ee9b39446dca3e8b637177d8876_md.png\" alt=\"100126 trump cornell kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-31337deb-310c-4cb0-86ba-dce55c3fc991-137201655-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">I DON&#8217;T KNOW MUCH!<\/span><\/footer>\n<div class=\"video-block__media-info\">\n<div class=\"video-block__media-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/trump-says-cornell-is-a-fine-school-10-01-2026\/\">Video: President Trump Says He &#8220;Doesn&#8217;t Know Much&#8221; About Cornell 7 Case<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">C-SPAN<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-9e58546b76c86cbdb37f1fc709208cb0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>President Trump<\/strong><\/a> is giving Cornell the benefit of the doubt as the University deals with serious gang rape allegations &#8230; and maybe it&#8217;s one Ivy Leaguer looking out for another.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-93b9928a16c13060384b324acea055f4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Trump &#8212; a University of Pennsylvania grad &#8212; was asked by reporters Thursday whether Cornell has done enough to investigate a former student&#8217;s claim that she was drugged and sexually assaulted by Cornell frat bros.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-8c9a5d72187cd8af3db9d96e65ff50fb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>POTUS replied &#8230; &#8220;Well, I don&#8217;t know that much about it, but I think Cornell&#8217;s a fine school and I&#8217;m sure they&#8217;ll do what&#8217;s right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-dd3d6726bb1c96ae0b3a7f5ed82ba5eb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>His comments come almost a year after the Trump administration reached a $60 million agreement with Cornell that restored federal funding and ended pending federal investigations into the university.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-126743a75f93452268d12d3c7bf1937f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As TMZ has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/18\/cornell-fraternity-brothers-accused-of-raping-student\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>reported<\/strong><\/a>, seven Cornell Chi Phi fraternity members are accused in a civil lawsuit of drugging and gang-raping a 20-year-old student in 2024 &#8230; and one of the accused allegedly sent a message about &#8220;free p***y&#8221; in a Snapchat group chat.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-752eba3e63f1eab6280dbc6a657602a2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20261001_acbcc6fddfa648d79a9ec33b76eb28b9\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:0d22b444-391b-471f-acff-512e47d4cad1\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ac\/4by3\/2026\/10\/01\/acbcc6fddfa648d79a9ec33b76eb28b9_md.jpg\" alt=\"Cornell Chi Phi getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c567264e0aa2167ea5fd2c41a9681991\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The Tompkins County D.A. has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/27\/district-attorney-reopens-alleged-cornell-gang-rape-case\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>reopened<\/strong><\/a> the criminal investigation and plans to present the case to a grand jury &#8230; while Cornell says its own Title IX investigation resulted in suspensions, expulsions, and other punishment.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-191467e139870a466cc2541e2e44b93b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>So, while Cornell is facing plenty of heat over how it handled the case &#8230; Trump isn&#8217;t piling on.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-58de90046dae791304bef53e2f69e5ee\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-4f6cdab4-db24-4a99-aa18-2c922e49def9-1032185672-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/44\/16by9\/2026\/09\/30\/4457d14b830d48839896584bfc460956_md.png\" alt=\"093026_elissa_slotkin_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-4f6cdab4-db24-4a99-aa18-2c922e49def9-1032185672-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">WE&#8217;VE LOST OUR WAY<\/span><\/footer>\n<div class=\"video-block__media-info\">\n<div class=\"video-block__media-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/senator-elissa-slotkin-on-cornell-university-gang-rape-09-30-2026\/\">Video: Sen. 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