Overview
- Larry Summers apologized, said he takes full responsibility for continuing to communicate with Jeffrey Epstein, and announced he will withdraw from public commitments.
- Summers said he will keep his teaching duties at Harvard as he works to rebuild trust and repair personal relationships.
- A House committee published emails and texts showing close contact between Summers and Epstein, with the Harvard Crimson reporting the exchanges continued until shortly before Epstein’s 2019 arrest and included disparaging remarks about women.
- President Trump called for the release of Epstein investigatory files in a reversal of his earlier stance and has pushed attention toward Bill Clinton and figures including Summers.
- Some emails reportedly suggested closer ties between Epstein and Trump, which Trump denies, and any broad document release would still require Senate approval and the president’s assent.