Contrarian view: as long as the person in question was not compromised by e.g. flights to the pedo island (like Bubba Clinton, who took dozens of flights, dismissing USSS on a number of them for some reason, hmm), and as long as the integrity of the lab was not affected by Epstein's involvement, I see nothing wrong with taking his money. He's despicable, sure, but if he's not buying influence, I'm OK with him supporting science rather than blowing that money on satisfying wealthy pedophiles.
Buying influence is exactly what Epstein did his whole life, somebody like that doesn't donate money because hes a swell guy after all.
He donated for access to famous and future famous people, so he could implicate them in sexual crimes and compromising relationships and extract money and favors from them.
That's what the guy did, its not some kind of secret now, or then.
And you can bet your top dollar Joi Ito was compromised too, which is exactly why he broke the rules around the MIT blacklist banning Epstein's donations and kept everything secret.
"The departure of Mr. Ito from the media lab came after he spent days trying to make amends. At Wednesday’s meeting, which was organized by professors at the program, he reiterated his apology. He described for the first time the amount of money he had received from Mr. Epstein, and said he had twice traveled to Mr. Epstein’s island home in the Caribbean to seek donations."
