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Joi Ito
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Japanese-American activist, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist
Joi Ito, former director of the MIT Media Lab, appears extensively in emails with Jeffrey Epstein from 2015-2019, discussing donations to MIT and co-teaching activities at Harvard Law School.
Ito appears primarily as a direct email correspondent with Epstein, using his MIT Media Lab email address. The documents show ongoing communications about financial gifts to MIT, including discussions about routing donations and gift amounts ranging from $25K to $100-200K. Ito also appears in course materials from a Harvard Law School class he co-taught on internet governance, and in what appears to be a contact list. The emails span from at least 2015 through May 2019, showing a sustained relationship that continued even during periods of negative press coverage.
Key Highlights
- •Co-taught 'Internet & Society' course at Harvard Law School (Winter 2017) that included topics on cryptocurrency and AI
- •Email exchanges in May 2019 discuss routing a $100-200K donation from an ASU source through Epstein as a 'gift to me at MIT'
- •Continued correspondence through May 2019, just months before Epstein's arrest, with friendly exchanges ('I'm good. Good luck!' during 'brutal press')
- •February 2016 email shows concern about Epstein: 'Was worried you getting de[tained]'
- •Public record shows Ito resigned from MIT Media Lab in September 2019 after reporting revealed he concealed Epstein's involvement in donations
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3 mentionsSource: House Oversight Committee
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3 mentionsSource: House Oversight Committee
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3 mentionsSource: House Oversight Committee
Internet & Society: The Technologies and Politics of Control Professor Jonathan Zittrain co-taught with Professor Joi Ito, Director of the MIT Media Lab Harvard Law School Winter 2017 Mon-Fri 10:30am-noon; 12:45pm-2pm Milstein West AB Syllabus |. Course Description T
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3 mentionsSource: House Oversight Committee
Date: Monday, May 6 2019 10:52 AM Subject: Re: $25K from ASU From: Joichi Ito <- To: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]>; That would be great. I’ve been busy, but good. How are you? Heard you saw Madars. > On May 6, 2019
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3 mentionsSource: House Oversight Committee
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il.com] 3/16/2017 11:26:44 AM Reid Hoffman 1; Joi Ito a HUGE donor advised fund is an elegant solution
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2 mentionsSource: House Oversight Committee
From: Sent: To: Subject: jeffrey E. [[email protected]] 6/1/2017 12:12:39 PM Joi Ito Re: Importance: High did you talk to reid about the donor advised fund? On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 8:12 AM, Joi Ito < > wrote: :-) > On Jun 1, 2017, at 6
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2 mentionsSource: House Oversight Committee
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2 mentionsSource: House Oversight Committee
From: Sent: To: Subject: Joi Ito 5/10/2016 3:44:04 PM Jeffrey Epstein [[email protected]] Peter Theil / Trump Importance: High http://hill.cm/0p8MRzu Sent from my iPhone HOUSE_OV
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2 mentionsSource: House Oversight Committee
From: Sent: To: Subject: Joi Ito 12/12/2016 6:26:29 PM Jeffrey Epstein [[email protected]] Fwd: From Politico Magazine Any ideas? Begin forwarded message: From: Margaret Slattery
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