MIKE DAVIS: Shocking $6M verdict shows why DOJ must investigate MIT

What happened: A Massachusetts jury awarded scientist David Sabatini $6 million and rejected sexual-misconduct claims that ended his career at MIT and shuttered his Whitehead Institute lab. Key numbers: $6 million verdict; jury of seven women and six men; relationship of roughly a year and a half; 34 lab members wrote in his support; tenure Why it matters: The article says the verdict vindicates Sabatini and argues MIT and Whitehead owe the public a reckoning, calling for a Trump administration investigation. It cites trial evidence about the internal investigation and MIT's tenure review.

A Massachusetts jury awarded scientist David Sabatini $6 million and rejected sexual-misconduct claims that ended his career at MIT and shuttered his Whitehead Institute lab.

The article says the verdict vindicates Sabatini and argues MIT and Whitehead owe the public a reckoning, calling for a Trump administration investigation. It cites trial evidence about the internal investigation and MIT's tenure review.