Larry Summers Leaves Harvard After Epstein Correspondence
What Happened Larry Summers, one of America’s most prominent economists, has announced his departure from Harvard University after disclosures revealed correspondence between him and Jeffrey Epstein. Summers, who previously served as Harvard’s president from 2001 to 2006 and as U.S. Treasury Secretary from 1999 to 2001, had maintained a position at Harvard following his presidential tenure. The specific content and timeline of the correspondence with Epstein have not been fully disclosed, but the revelations were significant enough to prompt Summers’ exit from the prestigious institution.