The Massachusetts Institute of Technology fundraising director who handled Jeffrey Epstein’s donations said he was merely following the university’s policies when dealing with the pedophile’s cash, according to a new report.

Peter Cohen, the former director of development for the MIT Media Lab, said the rules on how to manage funds from Epstein were already in place when he started at the research center in 2014, the Boston Globe reported.

He told the newspaper in an email that the practices were “authorized by and implemented with the full knowledge of MIT central administration.”

“Notwithstanding my personal discomfort regarding Mr. Epstein and his involvement with MIT, I did not believe I was in a position to change MIT’s polices and practices,” Cohen continued. “I did not witness anything I understood to be illegal, and I never solicited gifts from Mr. Epstein.”

Cohen said he had no relationship with Epstein and that he only briefly interacted with the deep-pocketed pervert a few times.

The fundraising director was the subject of a New Yorker story last week that revealed emails he’d sent to colleagues in 2014 warning them that Epstein’s donations needed to remain “anonymous.”

Cohen now works as director of development for computer science and data initiatives at Brown University, which placed him on administrative leave following the bombshell report. He told the Globe he hopes to return to his position soon.

Joichi “Joi” Ito, the director of MIT’s Media Lab, resigned and stepped down from the New York Times Company’s board of directors following the New Yorker report.

Ito previously claimed the lab only received $525,000 in Epstein donations — when the report found MIT really reaped at least $7.5 million.