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EducationJun 18, 2026

Harvard and Bard face a records test over Epstein's university access

The new congressional questions for Harvard and Bard are less about whether Jeffrey Epstein gave money to elite universities than about what those universities still have not explained. House Judiciary Committee Democrats said on 17 June that Representative Jamie Raskin had sent letters to Harvard University and Bard College seeking records on donations, communications, admissions interactions and prior internal investigations into Epstein's campus relationships.

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