Bard College President Leon Botstein retiring after Jeffrey Epstein ties detailed

FILE PHOTO: President of Bard College Leon Botstein speaks during the "Changing Landscapes: From the Digital Classroom to the Global Campus" panal during the TIME Summit On Higher Education on Oct. 18, 2012 in New York City. Jemal Countess | Getty ImagesBard College President Leon Botstein announced Friday that he will retire at the end of June after 51 years leading the prestigious New York liberal arts school, a day after a law firm retained by its Board of Trustees delivered a critical report about his relationship with the late notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein."Nothing that President Botstein did in connection with his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was illegal," WilmerHale attorney Jamie Gorelick wrote in a summary to those trustees, which CNBC obtained."But President Botstein made decisions in the course of that relationship that reflect on his leadership of Bard," wrote Gorelick, who served as a deputy attorney general in the Clinton administration.Bard retained WilmerHale in February to review its 79-year-old president's relationship with Epstein after details about their communications were made public with the release by the Department of Justice of documents, which made clear they were more extensive than previously known.Botstein, who is a renowned orchestral conductor, had