Summers Retreats Further From Harvard After Epstein Emails

Larry Summers, the former president of Harvard University and ex-Treasury Secretary, is retiring from his Harvard professorship, following revelations that his ties to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were deeper than previously known.

“I have made the difficult decision to retire from my Harvard professorship at the end of this academic year,” Summers said in a statement on Wednesday. “I will always be grateful to the thousands of students and colleagues I have been privileged to teach and work with since coming to Harvard as a graduate student 50 years ago.”