President of MIT admits approving Jeffrey Epstein donation

Rafael Reif, the president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, wrote: ‘We did not take time to understand the gravity of Epstein’s offenses or the harm to his young victims.’ Photograph: Stephan Savoia/APThe president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has said he approved a donation – and signed a thank-you note – to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein four years after the disgraced financier was convicted for soliciting prostitution from a minor.I