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Mega Edition: How Academia Not Only Welcomed Epstein But Protected Him (6/11/26)
Jeffrey Epstein bought his way into higher education the same way he bought his way into so many elite spaces: with money, proximity, and the promise of access to even bigger money. At Harvard, he donated about $9.1 million between 1998 and 2008, including a $6.5 million gift that helped create the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics under Martin Nowak, giving Epstein a foothold inside one of the most prestigious universities in the world despite having no real academic credentials of his own. At MIT, the Media Lab accepted Epstein-connected donations totaling about $850,000 between 2002 and…
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