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7. Why would someone as accomplished as Summers befriend someone like Epstein?

Thu Nov 13, 2025, 11:16 PM

Nov 13

The connection raises more questions.

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DURec leftstreet Nov 13 #1

The emails definitely tell a story. yellow dahlia Nov 13 #2

Kick dalton99a Nov 13 #3

Summers apparently texted and emailed Epstein about Tanuki Nov 13 #4

Two scumbags BeerBarrelPolka Nov 14 #15

Isn't there another side of this Helsinki disaster? FakeNoose Nov 13 #5

Thanks. This is the most plausible explanation I've read. ancianita Nov 14 #13

Epstein didn't commit suicide. Joinfortmill Nov 13 #6

The fact that Summers was emailing Epstein BaronChocula Nov 13 #8

Summers was wrong LittleGirl Nov 13 #9

You mean this Larry Summers? Ms. Toad Nov 14 #11

"he has no idea of most things" ecstatic Nov 14 #12

Just how many times does Epstein refer to trump as stupid? Maru Kitteh Nov 14 #14