Epstein Survivors Reveal to Judiciary Democrats that Epstein Used Relationships with New York University, Columbia University to Lure and Silence Victims By Promising Them Admission, Tuition
In New Letters to NYU and Columbia, Ranking Member Raskin Requests Universities’ Assistance in Understanding How Epstein Used Their Institutions to Further His Sex Trafficking Operation Washington, D.C. ( January 14, 2026 )—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a pair of letters to the presidents of New York University (NYU) and Columbia University in light of new evidence provided to Committee Democrats by survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking ring that Epstein lured young women by promising to get them into colleges and universities, including NYU and Columbia, potentially leveraging his relationship with the institutions to further his sex trafficking operation. Ranking Member Raskin is seeking the universities’ assistance in shedding light on the extent to which Epstein used his relationship with elite universities and colleges to further his criminal goals. ...