"Larry Summers, the former president of Harvard University, will stop teaching at the school while it investigates his connection to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, a spokesman for Summers said on Wednesday. Emails recently released by the US House oversight committee reignited questions about Summers' relationship with Epstein, who died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal charges of sex-trafficking minors."
"The announcement comes mere days after Summers announced that he would step back from public commitments in light of the resurfaced messages with Epstein but would continue to teach. In the emails, Summers appears to ask Epstein for advice on pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman that he describes as a mentee. In one message from 2018, Epstein refers to himself as Summers' wingman."
Larry Summers will stop teaching at Harvard while the university investigates his connection to Jeffrey Epstein. Emails released by the US House oversight committee show a friendship between Summers and Epstein that lasted into 2019, with contact ending shortly before Epstein's July 2019 arrest. Summers will take immediate leave as director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. The emails include Summers asking Epstein for advice about pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman described as a mentee, and a 2018 message where Epstein calls himself Summers' wingman. President Donald Trump signed a bill directing the Justice Department to release more Epstein-related files and referenced Epstein's ties to Summers and other high-profile Democrats on Truth Social.
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