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Leon Botstein resigns from Bard roles as key Democrat demands investigation into Epstein links

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Jamie Raskin says ‘startling’ email asked whether young woman was ‘for me, or are you keeping her for yourself’ A powerful Democratic lawmaker has called for a criminal investigation into former Bard College president Leon Botstein after congressional investigators uncovered an email from Botstein t

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Both outlets center Leon Botstein’s departure from Bard-related roles and link it to his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. The New York Times frames the story as Botstein resigning from college positions after earlier retiring as president this spring, while The Guardian US adds a separate emphasis on Jamie Raskin’s call for a criminal investigation. That investigation angle appears only in The Guardian US extract.

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