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Kid Berwyn

(21,403 posts)
7. After Trump, Bill Barr might have been the happiest to see Epstein carted to the morgue.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 01:06 PM
Monday

Why? Because his father, headmaster Donald Barr, likely hired the college-drop-out Epstein to teach at Manhattan's exclusive Dalton School.



From NYT:

Jeffrey Epstein Taught at Dalton. His Behavior Was Noticed.

Some students at the esteemed Manhattan prep school recall that Mr. Epstein, now charged with sex trafficking, was willing to violate norms in his encounters with girls.


By Mike Baker and Amy Julia Harris
The New York Times, July 12, 2019

Excerpt...

The school, which had been a progressive haven for the children of artists and writers, was undergoing a shift under a new headmaster. Donald Barr, the father of Attorney General William Barr, came in as a disciplinarian focused on beefing up the academics of the school, and on enforcing a strict code of conduct.

In a school known for creativity, administrators had prohibited denim jeans and “bizarre and eccentric costumes.” If Mr. Barr caught students using marijuana, he would often send them to therapy as a condition of staying in the school. He himself described his leadership style as “by ukase,” using the Imperial Russian term for an edict from the czar.

Staff members would sometimes turn students away from their morning classes; girls for skirts that were too short, and boys for hair that was too long.

Some students and parents balked at the constraints. Still, the school continued to draw families of fame. Around the years of Mr. Epstein’s tenure, records show the student roster included Prudence Murdoch, the daughter of the media mogul Rupert Murdoch; the fashion designer Jill Stuart; and several future actresses, including Jennifer Grey, Tracy Pollan and Maggie Wheeler.

While Mr. Barr was strict on the school culture, he made it a point to hire teachers from unconventional backgrounds, recalled Susan Semel, a social studies teacher at Dalton from the 1960s to 1980s who later wrote a book on the history of the school.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/nyregion/jeffrey-epstein-dalton-teacher.html

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k and r BoRaGard Monday #1
After Trump, Bill Barr might have been the happiest to see Epstein carted to the morgue. Kid Berwyn Monday #7
***Julie K. Brown*** Leghorn21 Monday #2
Outstanding Journalist -- and she worked as a singleton, alone on a story fraught with danger from ALL sides. Kid Berwyn Monday #8
Final paragraph from The Mary Sue erronis Monday #24
"He did not do this alone." Kid Berwyn Tuesday #38
K & R malaise Monday #3
Virginia Giuffre met Jeffrey Epstein at Mar-a-Lago Kid Berwyn Monday #10
The rot is deep malaise Monday #11
Very deep. Joinfortmill Monday #20
Downright ICKY people. calimary Monday #18
To be clear, Giuffre never accused Trump of any inappropriate conduct toward her. Wiz Imp Monday #30
Note: Not current; this is from July 2019. Grins Monday #4
Yes. It says so in the OP. Kid Berwyn Monday #9
This is GD not Breaking News malaise Monday #12
breaking news every fucking day Nimble_Idea Tuesday #34
Agree 100% malaise Tuesday #35
Kicked and recommended Uncle Joe Monday #5
Epstein victim urged FBI to look at Trump twice Kid Berwyn Monday #13
Completely unsurprising not fooled Monday #6
Small Circles Don't Want Big Waves Kid Berwyn Monday #15
I seem to remember Figarosmom Monday #14
The Razor-Thin Line Between Conspiracy Theory and Actual Conspiracy Kid Berwyn Tuesday #39
DoJ is saying there are more like 1,000 victims FakeNoose Monday #16
Brad Edwards is a lawyer representing over 200 of Epstein's victims. Wiz Imp Monday #29
I'd recommend this thread FormerOstrich Monday #17
This may become the story of the century. Joinfortmill Monday #19
This one is not going away malaise Monday #21
Only a few new details, we knew most of this in 2016, right? Why does nothing ever bring him down? OverBurn Monday #22
when you have photos and videos of them child fucking (hypothetically, amirite?) Nimble_Idea Tuesday #36
KnR Alice Kramden Monday #23
Adding this from the Palm Beach Post malaise Monday #25
Good question! SheltieLover Monday #27
Hi there malaise Monday #28
Hiya SheltieLover Monday #31
Kick SheltieLover Monday #26
Wow actual reporters? Hornedfrog2000 Monday #32
It reminds me of how the Sacramento Bee Mblaze Monday #33
k&r Simeon Salus Tuesday #37
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