Inquiry Epstein

• La investigación reveló que Botstein —quien había afirmado que no era amigo de Epstein— realizó 25 visitas a su casa particular. • Leon Botstein ha anunciado que deja el mando de Bard College, después de que una revisión independiente de sus contactos con Jeffrey Epstein determinara que las frecuentes interacciones del presidente universitario con el delincuente sexual convicto “podrían haberle alertado” sobre la posibilidad de que él y Bard estuvieran facilitando el abuso de mujeres por parte de Epstein. • Una investigación del bufete de abogados WilmerHale, encargada por la junta directiva de Bard a principios de este año para revisar las interacciones de Botstein con Epstein, encontró que el presidente de Bard realizó unas 25 visitas a la residencia de Epstein, una visita de dos días a la isla Little St James de Epstein, y que hubo dos visitas de Epstein a Bard. Estas visitas, según informó WilmerHale, incluyeron a “múltiples mujeres” que desde entonces han sido identificadas como víctimas de Epstein. Continuar leyendo...

Disgraced financier’s links to politicians and civil servants as far back as 30 years ago to be examined The Epstein files have shaken Norway’s faith in democracy, the head of the Norwegian parliament’s oversight committee has said, as a sprawling investigation into the connections between its foreign office and the late sex offender gets under way.An independent commission to look into information brought to light by the Jeffrey Epstein documents released by the US Department of Justice was launched on Wednesday after the Norwegian parliament voted unanimously last month for it to be set up. Continue reading...

WilmerHale, the law firm examining Leon Botstein’s communications with Jeffrey Epstein, said review is ‘ongoing’Bard College’s president, Leon Botstein, told his staff at a meeting this week that there was no way he could have known that Jeffrey Epstein – who was a convicted sex offender during their interactions over the years – was actually “reprehensible” and predicted he would soon be cleared of any hint of impropriety about their relationship, according to sources who witnessed the remarks.The liberal arts college’s board of trustees hired in February the white-shoe law firm WilmerHale to independently investigate communications between Epstein and Botstein. Continue reading...