Overview
- Summers will immediately go on leave from teaching and from directing Harvard’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center, with co-instructors finishing his remaining classes and no courses scheduled for him next semester.
- He resigned from OpenAI’s board and said he is stepping back from public commitments, as multiple affiliations ended or were paused, including roles with the Center for American Progress, the Center for Global Development, Yale’s Budget Lab, Bloomberg, and the New York Times.
- Emails released by the House Oversight Committee show Summers sought relationship advice from Jeffrey Epstein, who called himself Summers’ “wing man,” with exchanges continuing as late as July 5, 2019.
- Harvard confirmed a review of individuals named in the newly released Epstein documents, building on prior scrutiny of Epstein’s ties to the university.
- President Donald Trump signed legislation requiring the Justice Department to release its Epstein files within 30 days, and reporting notes there are no public accusations linking Summers to Epstein’s criminal conduct.