Reposted by @buermann.bsky.social
My guess is that if the longest-serving Democratic Speaker of the House had been a convicted child molester, Republicans might mention it from time to time. By contrast the Democrats have always been committed to a discreet silence about Dennis Hastert:
![Wikipedia section, "Association with Jeffrey Epstein
A 2019 article in Science reported that Bach received funding from Jeffrey Epstein after his (Epstein's) first conviction,[27] citing a conference paper which included a funding acknowledgement from Epstein.[28] In January 2020, law firm Goodwin Procter released a report following fact-finding efforts by MIT after connections were revealed between Epstein and Joi Ito and Seth Lloyd, among other MIT faculty and staff. The report indicated that Bach was hired in the Media Lab partly due to Epstein's donations to support Bach, claiming that donations made in November 2013 and in July and September 2014 totaled $300,000, or roughly 40% of Epstein’s post-conviction donations to MIT.[29] In May 2020, Harvard released a report of its own fact-finding efforts, finding that Martin Nowak permitted Bach access to PED offices between 2014-2019, but that "Harvard never paid or received funds to support" Bach's research. The Harvard report also mentioned that Bach was listed as a PED research scientist between 2014-2019, noting that two papers published after Bach's departure from MIT acknowledge support from Epstein and PED.[30]
Epstein files released in January 2026 show that Bach had sought Epstein's funding for tuition, accommodation, conference travel, tuition for his children’s private school and that he had discussed an invitation to visit Epstein in the Caribbean in 2014.[31][32]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ddvus7otnqtlh7fdooxm6qat/bafkreidw2bm5kffsdqlb5t4k6av6fk6fsek5c4ukvp67bjr4tihvxtf6dy)
