US Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, has formally demanded records and testimony from Harvard University and Bard College (a liberal arts college in New York state) over their connections to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, alleging that both institutions' previous internal investigations failed to fully account for his influence. Raskin is seeking financial records, communications, and admissions-related documents from Harvard — including details on Epstein's donations after a 2008 ban and his relationships with faculty such as former university president Larry Summers — and has called for Bard's outgoing president Leon Botstein to submit to a transcribed interview following an independent review that found he was "not fully accurate" in describing his ties to Epstein. Both universities have been given until 1 July to comply, with Raskin arguing the institutions must engage in a "comprehensive accounting" to ensure such abuses cannot recur.