MIT whistleblower Signe Swenson says staffers referred to Epstein as ‘Voldemort’By Lia Eustachewich
September 12, 2019 | 8:26am
The whistleblower behind Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Jeffrey Epstein donation scandal said her “job was to protect secretsâ€â€“ and recalled how female staffers mocked him as “Voldemort.â€
Signe Swenson blew the lid on her ex-boss, Joichi Ito, the ousted director of MIT’s prestigious Media Lab, providing emails to the New Yorker that showed Ito’s relationship with Epstein was far cozier than he let on. ...
Ito traveled to the financier’s homes in New York, US Virgin Islands and Mexico, and even once turned up at the lab with him and two eastern European “assistants,†she said.
“I don’t want to think about the worst,†Swenson said. “Joi spent time in Epstein’s homes and regularly socialized with him. It felt like bringing these two women everywhere, especially to scientific meetings, was a distraction. And the idea that they thought nothing was underfoot is impossible to believe.†...
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