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Jeffrey Epstein email chain referencing Ed Boyden and the Obama BRAIN Initiative

The passage links Jeffrey Epstein to a senior scientist (Ed Boyden) and mentions the Obama administration's BRAIN Initiative, suggesting possible influence or access to federal research funding. While Epstein is in email contact with Ed Boyden, a prominent neuroscientist at MIT. Boyden references the Obama BRAIN Initiative and MIT's involvement. The email dates to mid‑2014, during the early rollou

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November 11, 2025
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House Oversight
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House Oversight #029209
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The passage links Jeffrey Epstein to a senior scientist (Ed Boyden) and mentions the Obama administration's BRAIN Initiative, suggesting possible influence or access to federal research funding. While Epstein is in email contact with Ed Boyden, a prominent neuroscientist at MIT. Boyden references the Obama BRAIN Initiative and MIT's involvement. The email dates to mid‑2014, during the early rollou

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From: jeffrey E. [[email protected]] Sent: 7/17/2014 1:47:48 PM To: Lesley Groff Subject: Re: Reminder Ed Boyden. Today or tomorowb On Thursday, July 17, 2014, Lesley Groff qT wrote: Reminder: Would you like me to set up a call for you with Ed Boyden? Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Ed Boyden < a Date: July 14, 2014, 4:50:47 AM EDT To: Lesley Groff Ce: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> Subject: Re: deception Reply-To: iT Sorry again for that last minute cancellation in the Spring -- alas, the perils of running a new center, that I no longer control my schedule like in the good old days. But the Obama BRAIN Initiative is running strong, and MIT has a good bid for a seat at the table, so that is good. Want to revisit a time for a chat? My schedule is now much more free, thanks to these BRAIN initiative activities launching... Best, Ed On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 7:08 AM, Lesley Goff (iii wrote: Good morning Neil...I am afraid Jeffrey must cancel his trip up today...he is sick in bed and not well. Iam so very sorry to do this last minute. Hopefully we can circle back to this soon. Thank you, Lesley Assistant to Jeffrey Epstein On Dec 6, 2013, at 12:32 AM, Neil Gershenfeld (TE > wrote: Confirming lunch noon Friday at my office, E15-401. Sunglasses and beach balls optional, hopefully this will be a warm-up for meeting in more entertaining venues.

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