Overview
- Summers announced he will withdraw from public commitments but intends to continue teaching at Harvard, a stance that has drawn criticism on campus.
- Emails made public show Summers corresponded with Epstein from 2013 through the day before Epstein’s 2019 arrest, including messages seeking advice about extramarital relationships.
- In the exchanges, Epstein at one point called himself Summers’ “wing man,” and the messages include a request from Summers for a donation tied to his wife’s research project.
- Congressional Democrats have already released roughly 20,000 Epstein-related messages assembled from files long held by the Justice Department.
- The House approved a measure requiring the Justice Department to publish all Epstein records within 30 days, with privacy and investigative exceptions, and the bill now moves to the Senate as President Donald Trump urges full disclosure.