MIT is calling for an independent investigation after explosive allegations that Joi Ito and at least one other person at the university's Media Lab made efforts to make sure Jeffrey Epstein's name wasn't associated with donations he made or helped solicit
Internal communications and documents obtained by CNN -- first reported by the New Yorker -- show Epstein was integral to incoming donations from major donors, including $2 million from Bill Gates and at least $5 million from Leon Black, the founder of private equity firm Apollo Global Management.Ito submitted his resignation Saturday as lab director and as a professor, according to a statement from MIT President L. Rafael Reif.
A source close to Gates told the New Yorker that Gates has a long-standing relationship with the lab, adding that anonymous donations from him, or the foundation, are not atypicalSeveral email exchanges discuss a donation from the private equity firm founder -- with the"same impetus" as the Gates gift. At one point, Ito and Cohen discuss whether Black wants to be an anonymous donor to MIT.
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