[eesmith]

"They had no part in advertising any good will gained by Epstein."

And as we've found out, they certainly did.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/09/13/meeting-with-ep... shows the donations were not anonymous, but "confidential", that many people knew about them, and that Ito asked staff to send Epstein presents and meet Epstein for dinner.