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CASE FILEREF: GEORGE-CHURCH
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George Church

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WIKIPEDIA ENTRY

George Church is an American geneticist, molecular engineer, chemist, and professor at Harvard University. According to his online personal calendar, Church met with Epstein multiple times in 2014, including an April meeting at Harvard Medical School's Genetics Department building and a lunch in June. The calendar also listed a November 2014 dinner at Harvard's Program for Evolutionary Dynamics with Epstein, Joi Ito, Reid Hoffman, and Martin Nowak.

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

George Church confirmed meetings with Epstein in 2014 as per his calendar and publicly apologized for poor judgment and 'nerd tunnel vision,' expressing regret but no knowledge of Epstein's eugenics plans or deeper involvement. No evidence of arrest, charges, conviction, investigation, lawsuit, termination, or other accountability; Harvard reports note indirect donor introductions but no direct Epstein funds post-2008.

Determination Timeline

DENIED INVOLVEMENTAug 5, 2019

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Media Coverage (5)

From skin biopsy to iPS cell proposals: emails involving George ...

THE NICHE·Feb 1, 2026

Biologist discusses how the Epstein files show that the convicted sex offender interacted with George Church and especially Joseph Thakuria.

Harvard's Epstein Probe Widened

HARVARD MAGAZINE·Jan 1, 2026

Several Harvard faculty members are also mentioned in the most recent cache of Epstein files... including... professor of genetics George Church.

REPORT CONCERNING JEFFREY E. EPSTEIN'S CONNECTIONS ...

HARVARD OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL·Jan 1, 2020

Between 2010 and 2015, donors whom Epstein introduced to Professor Nowak and Harvard Medical School Professor George Church provided $7.5 million to support Pro…

Another Harvard Professor Addresses Jeffrey Epstein Ties

INSIDE HIGHER ED·Aug 15, 2019

Church also confirmed to STAT NBC's report that he had six phone calls and meetings with Epstein in 2014 and said that he'd met with Epstein “several times” eac…

Biologist George Church apologizes for contacts with Jeffrey Epstein

STAT NEWS·Aug 5, 2019

George Church confirmed NBC's recent report that he had six phone calls and meetings with Epstein in 2014, as shown in Church's online calendar. “I certainly ap…

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