Buried inside the Epstein files are people who are still, right now, drawing paychecks from prestigious institutions, treating patients, teaching students, and moving through the world as if none of this touches them.
We want to talk about three of them. Not because these three are particularly the worst or because their stories are the most shocking, but because they represent something that should make all of us furious: the institutional protection of powerful people at the expense of accountability.
These three stories are connected by a thread that runs through the entire Epstein network which is the way elite institutions not only employ powerful people, they also shield them and help them wait out scandals. They bet that you’ll move on.
Let’s make that bet a bad one.
Martin Nowak | Harvard University
4,101 appearances in the DOJ files
Martin is a professor at Harvard. He’s also someone who sent Jeffrey Epstein thousands of emails, one of which creepily read: “Our spy was captured after completing her mission. Did you torture her?” Not sure about you all, but we dont casually ask our friends how the torture went.
Epstein gave Harvard $6.5 million, earmarked specifically for Martin to create the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics. Per Harvard’s own internal investigation launched in 2020, that program had a dedicated office that Epstein frequented regularly, often with young women who appeared to be in their twenties.
Harvard sanctioned Martin in 2021. Then, in 2023, they lifted every single one of those sanctions. He is currently still teaching.
Worth noting: former Harvard president Larry Summers met with Epstein on multiple occasions. The institution’s relationship with this network runs deep, and Harvard has historically bet that its prestige is a more powerful force than public pressure. They’ve already turned off comments on their social media. They’re hoping you’ll look away.
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