Bard Forensic Review Says Epstein Email Could Be Fake as Raskin Presses College
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 22
Bard Forensic Review Says Epstein Email Could Be Fake as Raskin Presses College
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 22
Summary
A forensic report commissioned by Bard College said Monday that an email appearing to show former president Leon Botstein writing to Jeffrey Epstein could be fake.
Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, had spotlighted the message the same day Botstein quit his remaining Bard roles, escalating scrutiny of his ties to Epstein.
The email, sent from Botstein’s address, asked Epstein whether a young woman was “for me, or are you keeping her for yourself,” making it the sharpest flashpoint in the dispute.
Some congressional Democrats challenged the firm’s conclusion, arguing the message may simply have been deleted and saying the analysis did not explain who could have fabricated it or how.