# Mega Edition:  Jeffrey Epstein And His Open Wallet Policy At Harvard (6/26/26)

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Podcast: [The Epstein Chronicles](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles-4089394)
Published: 2026-06-27T05:00:05+00:00
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## Resource

Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to Harvard were not casual or incidental; they were deep, expensive, and reputationally useful to him. Harvard’s own 2020 review found that the university received $9.1 million from Epstein between 1998 and 2008, including a $6.5 million gift in 2003 that helped create the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics, led by professor Martin Nowak. Harvard said it stopped accepting direct gifts from Epstein after his 2008 conviction, but the damage was already done: Epstein had used Harvard’s prestige, faculty relationships, campus access, and scientific circles to launder his image as a serious intellectual patron instead of the predator he was. The scandal has not gone away because later reporting and congressional scrutiny raised questions about whether Harvard’s earlier internal reviews were incomplete, especially regarding Epstein’s post-conviction relationships with faculty, indirect funding, and connections to figures such as Larry Summers and George Church. In 2026, Rep. Jamie Raskin expanded an investigation into Harvard and Bard, seeking records on Epstein’s funding of research and his personal relationships with faculty, while Harvard also faced renewed scrutiny after newly released Epstein files showed the breadth of his academic network. The broader picture is that Epstein did not just donate money to Harvard; he embedded himself in elite academic life, using proximity to famous scholars and institutions to rehabilitate his public standing and maintain access to powerful circles long after his criminal conduct was known Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support .

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