The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted concealing donations from Jeffrey Epstein and that he wrote him a thank you-letter in 2012, four years after the pedophile pleaded guilty to sex crimes.
President Leo Rafael Reif called the message to Epstein a 'standard acknowledgment letter' in a statement to the university community posted on its website.
'I apparently signed this letter on August 16, 2012, about six weeks into my presidency. Although I do not recall it, it does bear my signature,' he said.
The donation came four years after the well-connected Epstein, who committed suicide as he awaited trial on sex-trafficking charges, was convicted in Florida on one count of paying young girls for sexual massages at his Palm Beach mansion.
President Leo Rafael Reif called the message to Epstein a 'standard acknowledgment letter' in a statement to the university community posted on its website.
'I apparently signed this letter on August 16, 2012, about six weeks into my presidency. Although I do not recall it, it does bear my signature,' he said.
The donation came four years after the well-connected Epstein, who committed suicide as he awaited trial on sex-trafficking charges, was convicted in Florida on one count of paying young girls for sexual massages at his Palm Beach mansion.
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