Larry Summers steps back from public roles after House Release of Epstein Correspondence
Former Harvard president says he's 'deeply ashamed' of continued communication with disgraced financier
Larry Summers, the former president of Harvard University, has announced that he will step back from public commitments, according to the Ivy League college's student newspaper.
In a statement released Monday to
The Harvard Crimson, Summers said it was part of an effort "to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me."
The announcement follows the release of
seven years’ worth of correspondence between Summers and the disgraced financier Jeffrey E. Epstein by the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
The documents showed the two men continued to exchange messages as late as July 5, 2019, which was just one day before Epstein’s arrest on new sex-trafficking charges.
In the hundreds of messages released, Summers also appeared to place trust in Epstein and confided to him about his pursuit of a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee.
Among the released messages was one from November 2018 in which Epstein describes himself as Summers’ "wing man," as he continued advising Summers on the relationship for months.
Summers holds several roles in his professional life. He is a senior fellow at the think tank
Center for American Progress, a paid columnist with Bloomberg News, and a board member at OpenAI.
He also remains a University Professor at Harvard and serves as director of the Mossavar‑Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the
Harvard Kennedy School, which he will continue to oversee, his spokesman said, according to the outlet.
Larry Summers steps back from public roles after House committee releases seven years of messages between the former Harvard president and Jeffrey Epstein.
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