US EditionLarry Summers "stepping back" from public roles after Epstein files release
Larry Summers takes responsibility and pauses public roles after release of thousands of emails with Jeffrey Epstein, sparking institutional reviews and political backlash.
- On Monday, Lawrence H. Summers, former Harvard president and U.S. Treasury secretary, said he will step back from public commitments while continuing to teach at Harvard University after thousands of documents from Epstein's estate were released by the House Oversight Committee last week.
- Between November 2018 and July 5, 2019, Summers sought advice from convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein about romantically pursuing a woman described as a mentee.
- In messages released this week, Summers forwarded the woman’s Dec. 22 email exchange to Jeffrey E. Epstein, who called himself Summers’s `wing man` and joked about the probability of sex with `peril`.
- Several institutions have opened reviews or paused engagements, with the Center for American Progress ending Summers' work and the Economic Club of New York postponing an event.
- The disclosures threaten Summers' standing as director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center at Harvard Kennedy School and OpenAI board member, while institutions confront renewed scrutiny over longstanding Epstein connections.
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Larry Summers Says He’s “Deeply Ashamed” as Emails Reveal Ties to Jeffry Epstein
House Republicans released 20,000 files from Epstein’s estate last week, putting a spotlight on the late convicted sex offender’s connections with wealthy and powerful men, such as former Harvard president and former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers. Summers had tried to forge a secret relationship with a woman he called his mentee, and in a series of texts and emails he asked Epstein for advice in pursuing the woman. In one text, Epstein wro…
Larry Summers Breaks Silence on Epstein Emails, Says He’s ‘Deeply Ashamed’ | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip
Larry Summers, who was included in the Epstein email dump, has released a statement. The messages spanned years, seemingly between 2013 and 2019, and included discussions on a variety of topics. Keep reading to find out more… Larry Summers said in a statement to CNN, “I am deeply ashamed of my actions and recognize the pain they have caused. I take full responsibility for my misguided decision to continue communicating with Mr. Epstein. While co…
Larry, Larry, Larry. From the Boston Globe
So Larry Summers is ashamed. Gonna step back from ”public commitments”. WTF is a ”public commitment” anyways? Something tells me his cell phone blew up and between messages from ‘I’m not a pedo Dersh’ his publicist got through to tell him to find a new...
After Epstein Revelations, Lawrence Summers to Reduce Public Profile
Harvard University professor Lawrence Summers, a former treasury secretary and Harvard president, announced that he would be stepping back from all of his public commitments after emails released by House Republicans revealed that he communicated regularly with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2018 and 2019. Summers, who has been married since 2005, apparently turned to Epstein for advice over how to romance a woman he described as his mentee. Ep…
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The BlazeEpstein emails SHAME Obama/Clinton ally: Larry Summers quits public life amid calls for Harvard to cut ties
President Donald Trump directed the Justice Department and the FBI on Friday to "investigate Jeffrey Epstein's involvement and relationship with Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman, J.P. Morgan, Chase, and many other people and institutions, to determine what was going on with them, and him."The order has clearly ruffled some feathers among some of the infamous sex offender's associates.For instance, Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn, cl…
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