"Local News The American Economic Association said it had accepted Summers' resignation and banned him for life from "attending, speaking at, or otherwise participating" in its events. BOSTON (AP) - Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers was banned for life Tuesday from an academic society in the latest fallout over recently released emails showing he maintained a friendly relationship with Jeffrey Epstein after the disgraced financier pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor."
""The AEA condemns Mr. Summers' conduct, as reflected in publicly reported communications, as fundamentally inconsistent with its standards of professional integrity and with the trust placed in mentors within the economics profession," the group said in a statement. A spokesperson for Summers declined to comment. The Epstein emails include messages in which Summers appeared to be getting advice from Epstein about pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman who viewed him as an "economic mentor.""
The American Economic Association accepted Larry Summers' resignation and imposed a lifetime ban on his attendance, speaking, and participation at AEA events. The AEA characterized Summers' conduct, as reflected in publicly reported communications, as inconsistent with professional integrity and the trust placed in mentors within the economics profession. Released emails show Summers maintained a friendly relationship with Jeffrey Epstein after Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor. The emails include Epstein offering to act as a "wing man" and Summers discussing contacting a woman who viewed him as an economic mentor. Summers' wife, Elisa New, emailed Epstein thanking him for arranging financial support for a poetry project. After the emails surfaced, Summers went on leave from Harvard and from his directorship at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government.
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