Democrat Rep Zoe Lofgren backs SJSU for suing Trump admin over transgender volleyball scandal dispute

Former San Jose State University co-captain Brooke Slusser claims she shared beds with a trans teammate, not knowing the athlete's birth sex, when the two lived in the same apartment. (Fox News Digital / Jackson Thompson)

A congressional Democrat has come forward to support San Jose State University and the California State University for its lawsuit against President Donald Trump's administration. 

Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., expressed support on social media for SJSU's legal challenge to the U.S. Department of Education's findings that the university violated Title IX in its handling of a transgender volleyball player. 

"I firmly stand with SJSU and the lawsuit they have just filed against the federal government to prevent punitive action against the university," Lofgren wrote. 

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"The Trump Administration is attempting to freeze their federal funding based on alleged Title IX violations during the 2022-24 volleyball seasons. These claims aren’t grounded in the facts or the law, and I applaud SJSU for standing their ground and defending their students and institution from these politicized attacks."

Fox News Digital has reached out to the Education Department for a response. 

The department's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced at the end of January that an investigation into the university for its handling of a trans athlete and other players concluded that the school violated Title IX and gave SJSU an ultimatum to resolve the violation by agreeing to a series of conditions.

Among the department's findings, it determined that a female athlete discovered that the trans student allegedly conspired to have a member of an opposing team spike her in the face during a