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The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Harvard University on Wednesday seeking information about the Ivy League school\u2019s ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. <\/span><\/p>\n

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In a statement, committee Democrats said Congressman Jamie Raskin, the party\u2019s ranking member on the panel, sent letters to Harvard and Bard College seeking the information in connection with the committee\u2019s ongoing review of how Epstein \u201cused his relationships with prominent universities to expand his sex trafficking operation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Evidence indicates Epstein \u201cleveraged his relationships with universities and their faculty to traffic vulnerable young women and continually burnish his reputation and public image to avoid detection,\u201d the statement said. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Raskin, a Maryland Democrat who graduated from both Harvard College and Harvard Law School, had previously sent similar letters to NYU and Columbia, the statement said. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs you surely know, Jeffrey Epstein repeatedly cultivated and exploited his close connections to Harvard and various faculty networks both to lure victims into his vast sex trafficking operation and then to try to salvage and polish up his damaged reputation,\u201d Raskin wrote in the eight-page letter to Harvard President Alan M. Garber. <\/span><\/p>\n

Raskin noted that Harvard \u201cinvestigated its links to Mr. Epstein twice, first in 2008 and then again in 2019. Both efforts were widely considered failures.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Now it\u2019s time to do better, he said. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is time for Harvard, like the rest of America, to come clean and engage in the comprehensive accounting that will allow us to learn from this nightmare, take appropriate legislative action, and make sure nothing like it ever happens again,\u201d Raskin wrote. <\/span><\/p>\n

He said the committee wants a slew of documentation dating back to 1998 by July 1. <\/span><\/p>\n

The information being sought, Raskin wrote, includes all records, financial documents, and communications related to Epstein\u2019s funding of research at Harvard and his personal relationships with faculty members; all records of donations made to Harvard faculty and programs involving Epstein; records relating to Epstein\u2019s influence in the admissions office or recommendations made to faculty about admitting certain applicants; and all records involving Epstein and his donations to Harvard. <\/span><\/p>\n

In November, Harvard said the school was \u201cconducting a review of information concerning individuals at Harvard included in the newly released Jeffrey Epstein documents to evaluate what actions may be warranted.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

That followed the damaging release of emails between Epstein and former Harvard president Lawrence H. Summers, as well as others affiliated with the university.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2020, Harvard released a report on Epstein\u2019s two-decade-long relationship with the university and his role in delivering millions of dollars to faculty and programs. <\/span><\/p>\n

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That report found that Epstein had a personal office among university researchers, a dedicated phone line, an unusual visiting fellowship position, and the backing of several high-level faculty who urged administrators to take the financier\u2019s money despite his record as a registered sex offender. <\/span><\/p>\n

A Harvard spokesperson on Wednesday confirmed receipt of Raskin\u2019s letter, and referred a reporter to two previous statements on its ongoing Epstein review and the 2020 report. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cJeffrey Epstein\u2019s crimes were abhorrent and reprehensible, and the University is committed to reviewing the documents expeditiously to determine what actions may be warranted, in line with Harvard\u2019s policies and standards of conduct,\u201d the school said earlier this year regarding its ongoing review.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not clear when that review will be completed. <\/span><\/p>\n

Harvard has said that its 2020 report was based on a review of Epstein\u2019s donations to Harvard, his appointment as a visiting fellow, and his relationship with the program on Evolutionary Dynamics. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat 2020 review included information available to the University at that time and offered key recommendations that were acted on, including updates to the University\u2019s gift policy,\u201d the university has said. <\/span><\/p>\n

In his letter Wednesday, Raskin said the full scope of Epstein\u2019s crimes and duplicity has yet to be uncovered. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Epstein set out to renovate his own battered reputation, and perpetuate his cycles of sexual victimization, at the expense of not only the women and girls victimized, but Harvard and other leading academic institutions,\u201d Raskin wrote. \u201cWe hope to discover the truth of these sordid events to help establish accountability and to help American higher education rebuild and restore the reputations of so many fine universities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Epstein pleaded guilty to state prostitution charges involving a minor in Florida in 2008, avoiding a more serious federal indictment under terms of a controversial plea deal.<\/span><\/p>\n

He received an 18-month jail term with generous work release provisions. <\/span><\/p>\n

The mysterious investor remained a fixture in high society after his release, hobnobbing with politicians, Hollywood celebrities, titans of industry, and stars of academia until his July 2019 arrest on federal child sex trafficking charges. <\/span><\/p>\n

He died in custody the following month while awaiting trial.<\/span><\/p>\n

Material from previous Globe coverage and Globe wire services was used in this report. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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