WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following press release:

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today released a new report revealing that President Donald Trump has violated or likely violated the First Amendment in 17 cases related to college campuses, according to federal courts.

"The Trump administration is moving this country very aggressively into an authoritarian society. Trump's attempts to control what colleges can say is a direct attack on the First Amendment and the U.S. Constitution," Sanders said. "That is not just Bernie Sanders talking. Courts across the country have warned about the Trump administration's rising authoritaria...