{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"startTime":73.63,"endTime":75.47,"body":"3 million pages of evidence."},{"startTime":76.27,"endTime":78.66999999999999,"body":"Thousands of unsealed flight logs."},{"startTime":79.14999999999999,"endTime":84.03,"body":"Millions of data points, names, themes and timelines connected."},{"startTime":84.83,"endTime":88.91,"body":"You are listening to the Epstein Files, the world's first"},{"startTime":89.07,"endTime":94.14999999999999,"body":"AI native investigation into the case that traditional journalism simply"},{"startTime":94.14999999999999,"endTime":95.22999999999999,"body":"could not handle."},{"startTime":99.71,"endTime":101.22999999999999,"body":"Welcome back to the Epstein Files."},{"startTime":101.55,"endTime":104.66999999999999,"body":"Last time we followed the insurance trail and why JP"},{"startTime":104.66999999999999,"endTime":107.87,"body":"Morgan ended up suing its own insurers over Epstein settlements."},{"startTime":108.19,"endTime":111.71,"body":"Today we're pulling apart the charitable foundation's three entities controlled"},{"startTime":111.71,"endTime":114.55,"body":"by Epstein and his lawyers used to buy access to"},{"startTime":114.55,"endTime":118.78999999999999,"body":"elite scientists, launder his reputation after conviction, and claim donations"},{"startTime":118.78999999999999,"endTime":119.78999999999999,"body":"that never happened."},{"startTime":120.42999999999999,"endTime":123.31,"body":"As always, every document and source we reference is available"},{"startTime":123.31,"endTime":124.99,"body":"at Epsteinfiles FM."},{"startTime":125.53,"endTime":129.17,"body":"So in 2003, Epstein pledges $30 million to Harvard to"},{"startTime":129.17,"endTime":132.49,"body":"create the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics run by Martin Nowak."},{"startTime":132.97,"endTime":134.97,"body":"Only six and a half million actually arrives."},{"startTime":134.97,"endTime":137.69,"body":"But it buys Epstein something money can't normally buy."},{"startTime":137.69,"endTime":140.32999999999998,"body":"An office on campus that staff call Jeffrey's office."},{"startTime":140.57,"endTime":143.93,"body":"And more than 40 visits between 2010 and 2018, all"},{"startTime":143.93,"endTime":144.89,"body":"after his conviction."},{"startTime":144.89,"endTime":146.13,"body":"And that gap right there."},{"startTime":146.13,"endTime":148.64999999999998,"body":"The 30 million pledged versus the six and a half"},{"startTime":148.64999999999998,"endTime":149.20999999999998,"body":"delivered."},{"startTime":149.29,"endTime":150.93,"body":"That's the whole strategy in a nutshell."},{"startTime":150.93,"endTime":151.85,"body":"It's not about the gift."},{"startTime":152.26,"endTime":153.38,"body":"No, it's about the leverage."},{"startTime":153.38,"endTime":154.89999999999998,"body":"The promise of the gift 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them."},{"startTime":201.07999999999998,"endTime":202.92,"body":"The first One is the CO UQ Foundation."},{"startTime":202.92,"endTime":204.28,"body":"That goes back to 1998."},{"startTime":204.66,"endTime":204.9,"body":"Right."},{"startTime":205.14,"endTime":209.18,"body":"Then in 2000, he establishes the Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation."},{"startTime":209.18,"endTime":210.18,"body":"The sex is key."},{"startTime":210.18,"endTime":211.42,"body":"That's for Virgin Islands."},{"startTime":211.42,"endTime":214.34,"body":"It establishes his offshore nexus from the very beginning."},{"startTime":214.34,"endTime":215.98,"body":"And then much later, you see a new one pop"},{"startTime":215.98,"endTime":216.26,"body":"up."},{"startTime":216.5,"endTime":217.94,"body":"Gratitude America Limited."},{"startTime":218.1,"endTime":219.14,"body":"That's from 2012."},{"startTime":219.22,"endTime":219.73999999999998,"body":"Exactly."},{"startTime":219.73999999999998,"endTime":221.62,"body":"And the timing on that one is very specific."},{"startTime":221.7,"endTime":224.54,"body":"It appears right when he needs a new cleaner looking"},{"startTime":224.54,"endTime":227.34,"body":"vehicle to handle very large sums of money."},{"startTime":227.34,"endTime":229.29999999999998,"body":"Coming from a very specific source."},{"startTime":229.38,"endTime":230.18,"body":"Leon Black."},{"startTime":230.26,"endTime":231.06,"body":"Leon Black."},{"startTime":231.92,"endTime":234.2,"body":"But before we get there, the most telling detail is"},{"startTime":234.2,"endTime":236.07999999999998,"body":"what these three foundations have in common?"},{"startTime":236.4,"endTime":238.96,"body":"Despite the different names, different eras."},{"startTime":239.35999999999999,"endTime":243.32,"body":"You pull the 990pf forms, the tax returns for private"},{"startTime":243.32,"endTime":245.68,"body":"foundations, and the org chart is identical."},{"startTime":245.68,"endTime":246.72,"body":"A perfect mirror."},{"startTime":246.72,"endTime":247.84,"body":"It's a closed loop."},{"startTime":247.92,"endTime":251.32,"body":"Every single time I'm looking at the officer lists from"},{"startTime":251.32,"endTime":254.32,"body":"the filings, it's the same three names again and again."},{"startTime":254.56,"endTime":259.64,"body":"President Jeffrey Epstein, of course, Vice President Darren Endyk, his"},{"startTime":259.64,"endTime":263.03999999999996,"body":"lawyer, and Treasurer Richard Kahn, his accountant."},{"startTime":263.03999999999996,"endTime":265.03999999999996,"body":"So you have the principal, his personal attorney, and his"},{"startTime":265.03999999999996,"endTime":265.79999999999995,"body":"personal accountants."},{"startTime":265.79999999999995,"endTime":267.15999999999997,"body":"That is not a board of director."},{"startTime":267.4,"endTime":269.32,"body":"No, that's an extension of his personal office."},{"startTime":269.56,"endTime":273.32,"body":"In any legitimate 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tax"},{"startTime":325.51,"endTime":328.18999999999994,"body":"advantages and a veneer of respectability."},{"startTime":328.51,"endTime":330.35,"body":"Let's focus on that first entity for a moment."},{"startTime":330.35,"endTime":331.87,"body":"The Couq Foundation."},{"startTime":331.95000000000005,"endTime":333.63,"body":"The name itself is an enigma."},{"startTime":333.63,"endTime":335.87,"body":"I've been through the archives, the old filings."},{"startTime":336.49,"endTime":338.21000000000004,"body":"Does anyone know what COUQ stands for?"},{"startTime":338.21000000000004,"endTime":339.37,"body":"It's never documented."},{"startTime":339.37,"endTime":341.97,"body":"It's never defined in any of the incorporation papers we"},{"startTime":341.97,"endTime":342.28999999999996,"body":"could find."},{"startTime":342.28999999999996,"endTime":343.68999999999994,"body":"It's just a string of letters."},{"startTime":343.92999999999995,"endTime":347.21000000000004,"body":"But the spending, unlike the name, is very clear."},{"startTime":347.61,"endTime":350.97,"body":"This wasn't just for funding, say, obscure scientific research."},{"startTime":351.28999999999996,"endTime":352.01,"body":"Not even close."},{"startTime":352.33000000000004,"endTime":354.89,"body":"Its ledger reads like a political playbook."},{"startTime":355.04999999999995,"endTime":357.53,"body":"The foundation was used as a pass through for political"},{"startTime":357.61,"endTime":358.25,"body":"influence."},{"startTime":358.40999999999997,"endTime":361.92999999999995,"body":"We tracked about 1 1/2 million dollars in political donations"},{"startTime":361.92999999999995,"endTime":363.92999999999995,"body":"flowing directly out of COUQ."},{"startTime":364.16999999999996,"endTime":367.77,"body":"Which raises red flags immediately because private foundations face very"},{"startTime":367.77,"endTime":370.01,"body":"strict prohibitions on political 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charity,"},{"startTime":458.73,"endTime":460.49,"body":"there's no tax event on the transfer."},{"startTime":460.73,"endTime":463.25,"body":"It's a clean, quiet way to move a huge amount"},{"startTime":463.25,"endTime":465.85,"body":"of money while maintaining the fiction of philanthropy."},{"startTime":465.92999999999995,"endTime":467.21000000000004,"body":"It's deeply cynical."},{"startTime":467.45000000000005,"endTime":468.65,"body":"So that's the infrastructure."},{"startTime":468.89,"endTime":472.20000000000005,"body":"A closed loop of control used for political access and,"},{"startTime":472.20000000000005,"endTime":475.08000000000004,"body":"it seems, for settling private financial matters."},{"startTime":475.08000000000004,"endTime":475.55999999999995,"body":"Yeah."},{"startTime":475.64,"endTime":478.79999999999995,"body":"Now let's pivot to what this infrastructure bought him in"},{"startTime":478.79999999999995,"endTime":479.79999999999995,"body":"the academic world."},{"startTime":479.79999999999995,"endTime":480.36,"body":"Harvard."},{"startTime":480.43999999999994,"endTime":483.12,"body":"The Harvard situation is a case study in how a"},{"startTime":483.12,"endTime":487.76,"body":"relatively small amount of money, when leveraged correctly, can purchase"},{"startTime":487.76,"endTime":490.12,"body":"an enormous amount of institutional credibility."},{"startTime":490.6,"endTime":494.20000000000005,"body":"The document trail here is primarily the report from Harvard's"},{"startTime":494.20000000000005,"endTime":495.64,"body":"own Office of General Counsel."},{"startTime":495.72,"endTime":498.58000000000004,"body":"And to their credit, it is a brutally honest self"},{"startTime":498.58000000000004,"endTime":499.1,"body":"assessment."},{"startTime":499.26,"endTime":500.29999999999995,"body":"They had no choice."},{"startTime":500.38,"endTime":501.74,"body":"The facts were too damning."},{"startTime":501.9,"endTime":505.22,"body":"The report lays out that pledge versus reality dynamic."},{"startTime":505.22,"endTime":508.93999999999994,"body":"We started with the public relations blitz in 2003 via"},{"startTime":508.93999999999994,"endTime":513.1,"body":"PR Newswire, announces a $30 million pledge."},{"startTime":513.5,"endTime":514.66,"body":"That's the number that sticks."},{"startTime":514.66,"endTime":515.26,"body":"30 million."},{"startTime":515.66,"endTime":517.78,"body":"It instantly makes him a top tier donor."},{"startTime":517.78,"endTime":519.5,"body":"It puts his name on the map at Harvard."},{"startTime":519.82,"endTime":522.22,"body":"But the OGC report confirms the ledger."},{"startTime":522.46,"endTime":525.0,"body":"Actual cash delivered six and a half million."},{"startTime":525.0,"endTime":527.64,"body":"Now a $23.5 million shortfall."},{"startTime":527.96,"endTime":531.32,"body":"Wouldn't the university's development office raise alarms about that?"},{"startTime":531.32,"endTime":533.68,"body":"You'd think so, but six and a half million is"},{"startTime":533.68,"endTime":534.4399999999999,"body":"still real money."},{"startTime":534.4399999999999,"endTime":537.36,"body":"And universities are accustomed to pledges being paid out over"},{"startTime":537.36,"endTime":538.04,"body":"many years."},{"startTime":538.36,"endTime":540.8,"body":"What Epstein did was secure all the benefits of being"},{"startTime":540.8,"endTime":544.4,"body":"a $30 million donor upfront for a fraction of the"},{"startTime":544.4,"endTime":544.68,"body":"cost."},{"startTime":544.76,"endTime":546.48,"body":"And he didn't just buy goodwill."},{"startTime":546.48,"endTime":547.48,"body":"He bought a title."},{"startTime":547.56,"endTime":548.92,"body":"The title is crucial."},{"startTime":549.0,"endTime":553.16,"body":"In 2005, Harvard appoints him a visiting fellow in psychology."},{"startTime":553.7,"endTime":555.78,"body":"A man with no undergraduate degree."},{"startTime":555.9399999999999,"endTime":557.9399999999999,"body":"No academic credentials whatsoever."},{"startTime":557.9399999999999,"endTime":558.42,"body":"None."},{"startTime":558.74,"endTime":560.98,"body":"But that title gave him an ID card."},{"startTime":561.46,"endTime":565.22,"body":"It gave him a legitimate university sanctioned reason to be"},{"startTime":565.22,"endTime":568.54,"body":"on campus, to use the facilities to meet with faculty"},{"startTime":568.54,"endTime":568.98,"body":"and students."},{"startTime":569.459,"endTime":571.3,"body":"It was a badge of legitimacy."},{"startTime":571.38,"endTime":574.9399999999999,"body":"What's most disturbing in the OGC report for me is"},{"startTime":574.9399999999999,"endTime":576.74,"body":"the timeline of his physical presence."},{"startTime":577.06,"endTime":580.66,"body":"The assumption would be that after his 2008 conviction, after"},{"startTime":580.66,"endTime":583.74,"body":"he becomes a registered sex 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harm."},{"startTime":785.26,"endTime":787.3100000000001,"body":"They wanted the money, but the they couldn't have his"},{"startTime":787.3100000000001,"endTime":788.3100000000001,"body":"name in the annual report."},{"startTime":788.39,"endTime":790.91,"body":"There's an email that serves as the smoking gun for"},{"startTime":790.91,"endTime":793.91,"body":"this from Peter Cohen, who is the director of development"},{"startTime":793.91,"endTime":794.95,"body":"for the Media Lab."},{"startTime":795.11,"endTime":797.23,"body":"The email is incredibly direct."},{"startTime":797.23,"endTime":800.3100000000001,"body":"It just says, quote, jeffrey, money needs to be anonymous,"},{"startTime":800.39,"endTime":803.19,"body":"needs to be a requirement, a condition of acceptance."},{"startTime":803.83,"endTime":806.15,"body":"And the staff, they were all aware of this?"},{"startTime":806.39,"endTime":809.95,"body":"The MIT Tech Review reported on the internal culture 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did"},{"startTime":1358.1,"endTime":1358.4199999999998,"body":"they?"},{"startTime":1358.58,"endTime":1363.1799999999998,"body":"They actually contacted the organizations Epstein listed as beneficiaries on"},{"startTime":1363.1799999999998,"endTime":1363.6999999999998,"body":"his website."},{"startTime":1364.1,"endTime":1365.4599999999998,"body":"This is the most damning part."},{"startTime":1365.62,"endTime":1370.78,"body":"They contacted 56 different organizations that the Epstein 6 Foundation"},{"startTime":1370.78,"endTime":1372.98,"body":"website claimed to be a proud supporter of."},{"startTime":1372.98,"endTime":1373.9399999999998,"body":"And the responses?"},{"startTime":1374.1,"endTime":1378.25,"body":"10 major household name institutions went on the record to"},{"startTime":1378.25,"endTime":1381.61,"body":"say they had absolutely no record of ever receiving a"},{"startTime":1381.61,"endTime":1384.1699999999998,"body":"donation from Epstein or his 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disqualified donors have Voldemort protocols built for"},{"startTime":1548.4099999999999,"endTime":1549.6499999999999,"body":"them at major institutions?"},{"startTime":1549.6499999999999,"endTime":1552.8899999999999,"body":"Right now, the documents we have only answer for this"},{"startTime":1552.8899999999999,"endTime":1553.4499999999998,"body":"one case."},{"startTime":1553.85,"endTime":1555.6899999999998,"body":"An investigation for another day."},{"startTime":1556.01,"endTime":1559.77,"body":"Next time, the corporate board's the team that gave him"},{"startTime":1559.77,"endTime":1560.49,"body":"legitimacy."},{"startTime":1560.81,"endTime":1563.05,"body":"We look at the public companies and retail empires that"},{"startTime":1563.05,"endTime":1565.6499999999999,"body":"kept Epstein in the boardroom long after the police reports"},{"startTime":1565.6499999999999,"endTime":1566.1699999999998,"body":"were public."},{"startTime":1566.33,"endTime":1569.05,"body":"The patterns of access and accommodation in the corporate world"},{"startTime":1569.05,"endTime":1570.09,"body":"are just as pronounced."},{"startTime":1570.09,"endTime":1572.83,"body":"I have no doubt you can find all reference documents"},{"startTime":1572.83,"endTime":1575.4299999999998,"body":"for this file at Epsteinfiles fm."},{"startTime":1575.51,"endTime":1576.55,"body":"Thank you for listening."},{"startTime":1581.6699999999998,"endTime":1584.87,"body":"You have just heard an analysis of the official record."},{"startTime":1585.75,"endTime":1589.51,"body":"Every claim name and date mentioned in this episode is"},{"startTime":1589.51,"endTime":1591.6699999999998,"body":"backed by primary source documents."},{"startTime":1592.23,"endTime":1596.23,"body":"You can view the original files for yourself at Epsteinfiles"},{"startTime":1596.55,"endTime":1597.1899999999998,"body":"fm."},{"startTime":1598.1699999999998,"endTime":1601.73,"body":"If you value this data first approach to journalism, 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