Larry Summers resigns from Harvard as the university reviews his ties to Epstein

"Professor Summers has announced that he will retire from his academic and faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of this academic year and will remain on leave until that time. In a statement, Summers said it was a difficult decision and expressed gratitude to the students and colleagues he worked with over 50 years."

"Free of formal responsibility, as President Emeritus and a retired professor, I look forward in time to engaging in research, analysis, and commentary on a range of global economic issues. Summers served as treasury secretary under former President Bill Clinton and went on to lead Harvard as president for five years starting in 2001."

"It's the latest fallout from the Justice Department's recent release of millions of pages of records pertaining to Epstein and his longtime confidant and former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell. Resignations have rippled across the academic, legal, and business communities."

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers announced his retirement from Harvard University at the end of the academic year amid a campus review examining his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Summers had been on leave since November, and his name appeared hundreds of times in recently released Epstein files. The former Harvard president, who served as treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton and led the university from 2001 to 2006, expressed gratitude for his 50 years of academic work. He plans to focus on research and commentary on global economic issues following his retirement. This resignation represents part of broader fallout across academic, legal, and business sectors following the Justice Department's release of millions of pages of records related to Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

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