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Re:My Apology Regarding Jeffrey Epstein by news_to_me on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @04:38PM (#20761489)
It sounds like Ito probably missed that news, which I think is what folks have a problem with — he should have done his research before accepting the money.

I think there is also a separate debate here about whether Ito should accept or reject money from a donor who he knows is a sex offender.

Edit: seems like people are assuming he did know about that past, which is unclear to me.

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Re:My Apology Regarding Jeffrey Epstein by JshWright on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @04:50PM (#20761663)
> seems like people are assuming he did know about that past, which is unclear to me.

According to Ethan Zuckerman, he "urged [Joi] not to meet with [Epstein]". Presumably Epstein's past was the reason for that urging.

http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2019/08/20/on-me-and-the-...

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Re:My Apology Regarding Jeffrey Epstein by simplicio on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @04:58PM (#20761762)
Its possible Ito didn't know initially, but its pretty implausible someone didn't tell him about it once he started introducing Epstein around the lab.

I think that's the problem with the apology, he doesn't actually say what he's apologizing for. It's pretty clear that he's apologizing for taking money for someone he new was a sex-offender, but he doesn't actually say it, nevermind apologize for it.

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Re:My Apology Regarding Jeffrey Epstein by erikpukinskis on Thursday August 22, 2019 @03:20AM (#20765471)
It seems conspicuous he doesn’t say he was unaware of the accusations.

He does say he was unaware of the evidence, and didn’t hear Epstein say anything about it.

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