Summers To Step Back from Public Commitments Amid Epstein Scandal [View all]

Source: The Harvard Crimson

Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will step back from all public commitments in an effort “to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me,” he wrote in a statement Monday evening.

The announcement comes less than one week after seven years of correspondence between Summers and the disgraced financier Jeffrey E. Epstein were released by Republicans on the House Oversight Committee. The documents showed Summers and Epstein continued to exchange messages until July 5, 2019 — just one day before Epstein was arrested on new sex-trafficking charges.

“I am deeply ashamed of my actions and recognize the pain they have caused. I take full responsibility for my misguided decision to continue communicating with Mr. Epstein,” Summers wrote to The Crimson.

He is currently a senior fellow at the left-leaning think tank Center for American Progress, a paid columnist at Bloomberg News, and serves on the board of directors at Open AI. A spokesperson for Bloomberg declined to comment on Summers’ future with the outlet on Monday.

Read more: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/11/18/summers-steps-back-from-public-commitments-epstein/

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IMO he should immediately be removed from all teaching and mentoring duties. With the sexist beliefs he has expressed multiple times over decades, including in his emails with Epstein he has no place in either role. He is unrepentant and he should not be inflicted upon students.