"The Department of Justice released more than 3 million documents and thousands of videos and images Friday in its latest, largest and reportedly last release of the so-called Epstein Files, a trove of information related to Epstein, who pled guilty to solicitation of prostitution with a minor in 2008 and was sentenced to 18 months in a minimum-security prison. As was true in previous file drops, prominent higher education figures are named in the files as Epstein's correspondents, friends and colleagues."
"After Epstein's guilty plea, numerous other women sued him, alleging he had abused them when they were minors. Epstein was arrested again in 2019 for sex trafficking of minors. He died by suicide in a detention facility shortly afterward. None of the higher ed figures included here was implicated in any of those criminal activities, but they maintained correspondence with Epstein after his 2008 conviction."
"Epstein is well known for ties to prominent figures in many industries, including academia. Documents released in November revealed the sex offender's correspondence with former Harvard president Larry Summers and his wife, former Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz and Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor emeritus and linguist Noam Chomsky, among others. Inside Higher Ed analyzed the correspondence of several frequently mentioned higher education figures in the Friday Epstein file drop."
The Department of Justice released more than 3 million documents and thousands of videos and images in what is described as the largest and reportedly final Epstein file release. Jeffrey Epstein pled guilty in 2008 to solicitation of prostitution with a minor and was sentenced to 18 months; he was arrested again in 2019 on sex-trafficking charges and died in custody. The files show correspondence between Epstein and prominent academics, including Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz and Noam Chomsky. Some institutions have taken actions in response, such as removing names from honors. None of the named higher-education figures were accused of criminal conduct, though many exchanged communications with Epstein after his 2008 conviction.
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