Apparently the claim that Ito concealed things from MIT was simply false: https://president.mit.edu/speeches-writing/preliminary-fact-finding-about-mit-and-jeff

Apparently the claim that Ito concealed things from MIT was simply false: https://president.mit.edu/speeches-writing/preliminary-fact-finding-about-mit-and-jeffrey-epstein https://president.mit.edu/speeches-writing/preliminary-fact-... the administration knew of, approved of, and directed keeping the donations anonymous. > Second, it is now clear that senior members of the administration were aware of gifts the Media Lab received between 2013 and 2017 from Jeffrey Epstein’s foundations. Goodwin Procter has found that in 2013, when members of my senior team learned that the Media Lab had received the first of the Epstein gifts, they reached out to speak with Joi Ito. He asked for permission to retain this initial gift, and members of my senior team allowed it. [...] Joi sought the gifts for general research purposes, such as supporting lab scientists and buying equipment. Because the members of my team involved believed it was important that Epstein not use gifts to MIT for publicity or to enhance his own reputation, they asked Joi to agree to make clear to Epstein that he could not put his name on them publicly. These guidelines were provided to and apparently followed by the Media Lab.