Former Harvard president Larry Summers under investigation by university over Epstein ties

Published November 19, 2025 2:16pm ET



Harvard University announced on Tuesday that it will open an investigation into former university president Larry Summers over his close relationship with deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. 

The inquiry will also look into the roles other university affiliates had with Epstein, including his wife, an American literature professor at Harvard, and nearly a dozen current and former Harvard affiliates, who were exposed by the House Oversight Committee last week. 

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