For years, Leon Botstein, the longtime president of Bard College, has maintained that his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was strictly professional — part of the uncomfortable but sometimes necessary work of fundraising for a small liberal arts college. But newly released Justice Department documents add more texture to that relationship, revealing moments that appear more personal than purely institutional. Among the details: a rare Swiss pocket watch worth more than USD 50,000, email sign-offs that included “Miss you,” and a planned visit in 2012 that involved Epstein’s Caribbean island. The documents, part of a massive release of records tied to...