Michael Feuer, then-dean of the Graduate School of Education and Human Development and a current professor, LinkedIn messaged Jeffrey Epstein sometime around early January 2013, offering to meet if he ever visited D.C., according to files the Department of Justice released Friday.
The files contain a Jan. 2, 2013 email sent to Epstein from his foundation’s media team, forwarding a LinkedIn message from Feuer — which he signed as the dean of GSEHD — saying “it’s a pleasure to be linked” and he would “enjoy” getting together with Epstein at a meeting his GW-employed assistant could set up. Feuer, in an interview with The Hatchet Tuesday, said he was “horrified” to learn of the message in the files, does not remember the correspondence and can confirm he had no further contact with Epstein or any of his associates.
“I have no recollection of sending the message, or of receiving a request that would have prompted that kind of response,” Feuer said.
The message is the only correspondence between Feuer and Epstein in the files. The message is the only evidence of communication between a GW official and Epstein in the DOJ’s library of the files.
The representative from the Epstein foundation’s media division, whose name the DOJ redacted, forwarded the LinkedIn message to Epstein with the subject line “from the Dean at George Wash University” and said “Hi Jeffrey, see below.”
Meg Holland, his assistant at the time and GSEHD’s current associate dean for administration and operations, declined to comment. She does not appear anywhere else in the DOJ’s library of the Epstein files.
The University did not return a request for comment.
Feuer said he can “confirm with certainty” he did not initiate any communication with Epstein or his associates. He said he did not know “anything about” Epstein at the time, including his criminal history.
A Palm Beach County grand jury first indicted Epstein in 2006 on a state felony charge of solicitation of prostitution, and Epstein pleaded guilty to charges of solicitation of prostitution and of solicitation of prostitution with a minor under the age of 18 in 2008. From there, a Florida judge sentenced Epstein to 18 months in prison.
Federal agents arrested Epstein again in July 2019 on sex trafficking charges. Correctional officers found Epstein dead in his prison cell a month later, and New York’s chief medical examiner declared his death a suicide.
Feuer stepped down as dean of GSEHD in July 2025 after serving in the role for 15 years. He said at the time he was stepping away to spend time on a project that incorporates civic education into teacher preparation programs, and he remains a professor of education policy at GSEHD.
The message is part of a slew of over 3 million documents the DOJ released Friday after Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November, requiring the DOJ to release records related to the Epstein investigation.
