M.I.T. Happily Accepted Epstein Money, Labeled it “Anonymous” and Referred to the Sex Offender as “Voldemort”

Dan Bongino:

Over the weekend, the director of the M.I.T. Media Lab resigned from his position. In an internal email he wrote, “After giving the matter a great deal of thought over the past several days and weeks, I think that it is best that I resign as director of the media lab and as a professor and employee of the Institute, effective immediately.”

Although Mr. Ito claimed he had been considering his action over several “days and weeks” his timing is suspicious. His resignation came less than 24-hours after The New Yorker published an article revealing Ito not only knew full well who Epstein was when accepting his hundreds of thousands of dollars but he also covered up his identity.

The New Yorker obtained “dozens of pages of e-mails and other documents” that revealed Epstein was listed as “disqualified” in M.I.T.’s official donor database. However, the Media Lab continued “to accept gifts from him, consulted him about the use of the funds, and, by marking his contributions as anonymous, avoided disclosing their full extent, both publicly and within the university.”

In addition to accepting Epstein’s money, he also served as an “intermediary between the lab and other wealthy donors- MORE