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Harvard is set to launch a new investigation into its former university president and Bill Clinton economic adviser Larry Summers about his ties to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as it also emerged Summers has resigned from the board of OpenAI.<\/p>\n
The moves comes after Summers said he would be stepping back from public engagements after emails revealed the extent of his relationship with the late sex offender.<\/p>\n
A Harvard spokesperson confirmed to the Harvard Crimson on Tuesday night that a new investigation into Summers\u2019s connections with the accused child sex trafficker was under way. The inquiry will also look at other university affiliates named in the documents, including Summers\u2019s wife and nearly a dozen others.<\/p>\n
A Harvard spokesperson, Jonathan Swain, told the student newspaper that \u201cthe University is conducting a review of information concerning individuals at Harvard included in the newly released Jeffrey Epstein documents to evaluate what actions may be warranted.\u201d<\/p>\n
Separately, the artificial intelligence company Open AI said in a statement that Summers had resigned from the company\u2019s board. \u201cLarry has decided to resign from the OpenAI Board of Directors, and we respect his decision,\u201d the company said. Summers confirmed the decision in a separate statement. Axios reported the news.<\/p>\n
Summers, who served as Bill Clinton\u2019s treasury secretary, has also resigned or been let go from roles at other organizations, including Bloomberg and the New York Times, as well as the Center for American Progress thinktank.<\/p>\n
Harvard\u2019s investigation into Summers comes nearly a week after a congressional oversight committee released nearly 23,000 documents relating to Epstein that included correspondence with dozens on public figures, including Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard Law School professor emeritus, and Summers\u2019s wife, Elisa New, who is an English professor.<\/p>\n
In the exchanges between Epstein and Summers, he appears to solicit advice from the disgraced financier on his pursuit of a romantic relationship with a woman he described as his mentee. In one message from 2018, Epstein described himself as Summers\u2019s \u201cwingman\u201d.<\/p>\n
On Monday, Summers announced he would be stepping back from public life after documents were released by the committee. \u201cI am deeply ashamed of my actions and recognize the pain they have caused,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cI take full responsibility for my misguided decision to continue communicating with Mr Epstein. While continuing to fulfill my teaching obligations, I will be stepping back from public commitments as one part of my broader effort to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Summers indicated that he still planned to teach classes at the university. But the Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren said he should not be trusted to teach or advise the government, saying the economist displayed \u201cmonumentally bad judgment\u201d in his correspondence with the financier.<\/p>\n
During Epstein\u2019s efforts to rehabilitate his reputation following a 2008 Florida state conviction for solicitation of a minor, he leant heavily on connections to Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), both located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, though he had not been a student at either.<\/p>\n
Soon after Epstein died in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, MIT said the institute would review its process for accepting donations after taking millions from foundations controlled by Epstein over a 20-year period. MIT\u2019s former head, Joi Ito, was forced to resigned.<\/p>\n
In other emails released last week New appeared to discuss her projects with Epstein, and solicited money, including a potential $500,000 gift to Poetry in America, a television show and digital initiative she oversaw.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt really means a lot to me, all financial help aside, Jeffrey, that you are rooting for me and thinking about me,\u201d New wrote in December 2015.<\/p>\n
Harvard\u2019s investigation into Summers comes after the university issued its earlier report into its ties to Epstein, finding that Epstein donated about $9m to the school between 1998 and 2008.<\/p>\n
Harvard had launched an investigation into the university\u2019s ties to Epstein in the month\u2019s after he died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal charges of sex-trafficking minors. Lawrence Bacow, Harvard\u2019s president at the time, said he \u201cprofoundly regrets Harvard\u2019s past association with him\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cJeffrey Epstein\u2019s crimes were repulsive and reprehensible,\u201d he said then. \u201cConduct such as his has no place in our society.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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