Larry Summers resigns from Harvard over ties to Jeffrey Epstein

Published February 25, 2026 1:41pm ET



Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers is resigning from his academic and faculty positions at Harvard University over his previous ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Summers, who was president of the university from 2001 to 2006 after his tenure in former President Bill Clinton‘s Cabinet, has been mentioned and shown in photographs released in the Department of Justice’s Epstein files. Summers began stepping back from public life in November as messages between himself and Epstein were released, but he held on to his teaching roles at the time.

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