The Epstein Files/CASE 30/2002 – 2020

The names

MIT and the Media Lab

Anonymous gifts, a director who hid the donor, and the claim that Epstein steered millions from Gates and Black

RECORD / AT A GLANCE

Documented

Documented that MIT accepted post-conviction gifts and hid their source, and that Ito took $1.2 million from Epstein for his personal investment funds. Disputed whether Epstein directed other billionaires’ gifts: the New Yorker reported he did; MIT’s review found no evidence the money was his.

THE EVENTS / THE INVESTIGATION / THE STORY

The chronology.

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Evidence & assessment.

01

The gifts

$850,000 and a policy of silence.

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Did Epstein steer other billionaires’ money?

Two accounts.

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WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THIS FILE

The claims, rated.

3 claims people make about this file, each rated documented, partly true, disputed, unproven or false. Think a rating is wrong? Use Dispute or Support, or join the Discussion.

DOCUMENTED The names

“The MIT Media Lab director took Epstein money personally.”

Joi Ito disclosed $1.2 million from Epstein to investment funds he controlled, besides $525,000 to the lab. He resigned in 2019.

Who says it: Ito; the New Yorker.

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DISPUTED The names

“Epstein laundered money to MIT through Gates and Black.”

The New Yorker reported he helped direct $7.5 million from them; MIT’s review found no evidence the money was his.

Who says it: The New Yorker; MIT’s review.

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OPEN THE RECORD

Sources & limits.

Numbered citations in each article identify the relevant sources. These records have different purposes and evidentiary weight.

  1. Goodwin Procter: Report concerning Jeffrey Epstein’s interactions with MIT, 10 Jan 2020 ↗

    The 61-page fact-finding report.

  2. MIT News: MIT releases results of fact-finding on engagements with Jeffrey Epstein, 10 Jan 2020 ↗

    The institute’s summary of the findings.

  3. The New Yorker (Ronan Farrow): How an elite university research center concealed its relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, 6 Sep 2019 ↗

    The report that led to Joi Ito’s resignation.

  4. New York Times: Director of M.I.T.’s Media Lab resigns after taking money from Jeffrey Epstein, 7 Sep 2019 ↗

    Report on the resignation.

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