Overview
- Harvard said Summers will give up his teaching duties and has accepted his resignation as co-director of the Center for Business and Government.
- He remains on leave and will withdraw from all university functions at the end of the academic year.
- Published emails indicate extensive exchanges with Epstein; Summers said he is ashamed of the communications while denying any misconduct.
- President Donald Trump ordered investigations last autumn into Summers and former president Bill Clinton tied to the broader Epstein scrutiny.
- Harvard has reviewed its past ties to Epstein and said remaining Epstein-linked funds would support projects for victims of trafficking and sexual violence.