Larry Summers resigns from Harvard over Epstein links: university spokesman

Former US Treasury secretaryLarry Summersresigned from his teaching post at Harvard University over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the Ivy League institution said on Wednesday.

“Harvard KennedySchool Dean Jeremy Weinstein has accepted Professor Lawrence H. Summers’ resignation from his leadership position as co-director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government,” the university said in a statement, saying it was in connection with documents released by the US government in the Epstein case.

“Professor Summers has announced that he will retire from his academic and faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of this academic year and will remain on leave until that time.”

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