"I am deeply ashamed of my actions and recognize the pain they have caused, he told Politico in a statement. I take full responsibility for my misguided decision to continue communicating with Mr Epstein. While continuing to fulfill my teaching obligations, I will be stepping back from public commitments as one part of my broader effort to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me."
"For decades, Larry Summers has demonstrated his attraction to serving the wealthy and well-connected, but his willingness to cozy up to a convicted sex offender demonstrates monumentally bad judgment, Warren said to CNN. If he had so little ability to distance himself from Jeffrey Epstein even after all that was publicly known about Epstein's sex offenses involving underage girls, then Summers cannot be trusted to advise our nation's politicians, policymakers and institutions or teach a generation of students at Harvard or anywhere else."
Larry Summers will step back from public life after emails showed his communications with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Summers expressed deep shame, accepted full responsibility for continuing communications, and intends to continue teaching while stepping back from public commitments to rebuild trust and repair relationships. The Center for American Progress ended his position as distinguished senior fellow. Lawmakers from both parties urged companies and institutions to cut ties. Senator Elizabeth Warren criticized Summers's long association with Epstein as evidence of monumentally bad judgment and said Summers cannot be trusted to advise politicians, policymakers, institutions, or teach a generation of students.
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