Speaker 1: No when. Chomsky, the ninety six year old legendary linguist
Speaker 1: and public intellectual, is facing renewed scrutiny this week following
Speaker 1: major revelations about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Speaker 1: According to multiple news outlets, including WBUR and Press TV,
Speaker 1: newly released congressional emails from November twelfth show that Chomsky
Speaker 1: maintained regular contact with Epstein years after the financier's two
Speaker 1: thousand and eight conviition for soliciting prostitution from a minor.
Speaker 1: The emails, released by Republican members of the US House
Speaker 1: Oversight Committee revealed that Chomsky described his interactions with Epstein
Speaker 1: as a most valuable experience, and his wife, Valeria, wrote
Speaker 1: to Epstein in January twenty seventeen, expressing hope that she
Speaker 1: and Nome would see him again soon for his birthday celebration.
Speaker 1: The correspondence also shows Epstein offering Chomsky use of his
Speaker 1: properties in New York and New Mexico in twenty fifteen.
Speaker 1: According to reporting from The Hindustan Times, the released documents
Speaker 1: include a letter of support attributed to Chomsky, though it
Speaker 1: remains undated. Chomsky has previously acknowledged receiving approximately two hundred
Speaker 1: and seventy thousand dollars from an account linked to Epstein
Speaker 1: during the resolution of his first marriage distribution, though he
Speaker 1: has maintained that not one penny came directly from Epstein himself. NT,
Speaker 1: where Chomsky is Professor emeritus of MIT, declined to comment
Speaker 1: directly on his emails, but stated that it conducted a
Speaker 1: review of its Epstein relationships in twenty twenty and subsequently
Speaker 1: enhanced its gift acceptance policies. When w bur reached out
Speaker 1: to Chomsky's wife, Valeria for comment, she did not respond.
Speaker 1: The timing of these revelations comes as President Trump recently
Speaker 1: signed legislation compelling the Justice Department to disclose additional Epstein files.
Speaker 1: This development has intensified scrutiny on Epstein's network of powerful
Speaker 1: associates across politics, academia, and business. It's worth noting that
Speaker 1: Chomsky has been largely absent from public life since suffering
Speaker 1: a stroke in twenty twenty four, and has been reportedly
Speaker 1: convalescing in Brazil. According to media lens and updates from
Speaker 1: his longtime MIT assistant Bev Stole, Chomsky has not been
Speaker 1: writing corresponding or conducting interviews due to his health situation.
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