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Bard College President Leon Botstein retiring after Jeffrey Epstein ties detailed
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- "Nothing that President Botstein did in connection with his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was illegal," WilmerHale attorney Jamie Gorelick wrote in a summary to those trustees, which CNBC obtained.
- "But President Botstein made decisions in the course of that relationship that reflect on his leadership of Bard," wrote Gorelick, who served as a deputy attorney general in the Clinton administration.
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Bard College President Leon Botstein announced Friday that he will retire at the end of June after 51 years leading the prestigious New York liberal arts school, a day after a law firm retained by its Board of Trustees delivered a critical report about his relationship with the late notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
"Nothing that President Botstein did in connection with his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was illegal," WilmerHale attorney Jamie Gorelick wrote in a summary to those trustees, which CNBC obtained.
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