{"id":2511779,"date":"2025-11-18T10:22:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T15:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/larry-summers-steps-back-from-public-life-after-messages-to-epstein-revealed\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T10:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T15:23:10","slug":"larry-summers-steps-back-from-public-life-after-messages-to-epstein-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/larry-summers-steps-back-from-public-life-after-messages-to-epstein-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry Summers steps back from public life after messages to Epstein revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flarry-summers-steps-back-from-public-life-after-messages-to-epstein-revealed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2511779&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Larry Summers,a prominent Democratic economist and former Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton,announced that he is stepping back from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-purge-has-begun-where-it-stops-nobody-knows\/\" title=\"The Purge Has Begun. Where It Stops, Nobody Knows.\">public life<\/a> amid criticism over his connections to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Summers expressed regret for continuing to communicate with Epstein and said this decision is part of his efforts to rebuild trust and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >repair personal relationships<\/a>, although he will continue teaching at Harvard University. the controversy arose after emails between Summers and Epstein were made public, revealing Epstein acted as Summers&#8217; &#8220;wing man&#8221; in pursuing a mentee. Summers recently resigned from his roles at Yale University&#8217;s Budget Lab and the Center for American Progress. Senator Elizabeth Warren has called for Harvard to reconsider allowing Summers to teach given his ties to Epstein. Harvard has not commented publicly on the matter.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Larry Summers steps back from public life after messages to Epstein revealed<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2404665\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Democrats\">Democratic<\/a> economist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/larry-summers\/\">Larry Summers<\/a> announced on Monday that he is stepping back from the public eye following criticism over his ties to convicted sex offender <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeffrey-epstein\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Summers, who served as former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bill-clinton\">Bill Clinton<\/a>&lsquo;s treasury secretary, said he made the decision to hopefully &ldquo;rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me.&rdquo; However, he said he will continue his work teaching.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3889752\/supreme-court-pushed-take-up-nra-free-speech-case\/\">Supreme Court pushed to take up NRA free speech case<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3886732\/navy-marine-veteran-david-williams-virginia-senate-campaign-oust-mark-warner\/\">Navy and Marine Corps veteran launches Virginia Senate campaign to unseat Mark Warner<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3889049\/second-round-november-social-security-payments-out-one-day\/\">Second round of November Social Security payments goes out in one day<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I am deeply ashamed of my actions and recognize the pain they have caused,&rdquo; he said in a statement shared with multiple news <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2025\/11\/18\/summers-steps-back-from-public-commitments-epstein\/\">outlets<\/a>. &ldquo;I take full responsibility for my misguided decision to continue communicating with Mr. Epstein.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Summers was one of several public figures exposed for being connected to Epstein after the House released emails from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ghislaine-maxwell-kept-a-degrading-58-page-list-of-rules-for-epstein-house-staff\/\" title=\"Ghislaine Maxwell Kept A \u2018Degrading\u2019 58-Page List Of Rules For ... House Staff\">late sex offender<\/a> last week. Summers sought advice from Epstein in his pursuit of a woman he deemed his mentee, and Epstein described himself as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/benjamin-netanyahus-us-visit-could-help-quell-dissent-at-home-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s US visit could help quell dissent at home - Washington Examiner\">economist&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s &ldquo;wing man.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Summers stepped down as president of Harvard University in 2006 following a vote of no confidence by the faculty. However, he has worked as a tenured professor at the university since 1983, taking breaks to serve in the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Summers is Harvard&rsquo;s Charles W. Eliot university professor and teaches two undergraduate courses, according to his university profile. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has called on Harvard to rethink its decision to allow Summers to teach students, echoing this sentiment in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/11\/17\/politics\/elizabeth-warren-larry-summers-harvard-epstein\">statement<\/a> to <em>CNN<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If he had so little ability to distance himself from Jeffrey Epstein even after all that was publicly known about Epstein&rsquo;s sex offenses involving underage girls, then Summers cannot be trusted to advise our nation&rsquo;s politicians, policymakers, and institutions &mdash; or teach a generation of students at Harvard or anywhere else,&rdquo; Warren said.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3887597\/trump-asks-fbi-doj-investigate-epstein-ties-top-democrats-bill-clinton\/\"><strong>TRUMP ASKS FBI AND DOJ TO INVESTIGATE EPSTEIN&rsquo;S TIES TO TOP DEMOCRATS, INCLUDING BILL CLINTON<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Harvard did not respond to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&lsquo;s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Summers also stepped down from his positions at Yale University&rsquo;s Budget Lab and at the Center for American Progress, according to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2025\/11\/18\/summers-steps-back-from-public-commitments-epstein\/\"><em>Harvard Crimson<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Summers retreats from public life amid Epstein ties controversy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2511780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/283ba1d772335bb1d1665d7e49409dda-scaled.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50410,9006,67255,36664],"class_list":["post-2511779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-controversy-2","tag-epstein","tag-larry-summers","tag-public-life"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/283ba1d772335bb1d1665d7e49409dda-scaled.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2511779"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2511783,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511779\/revisions\/2511783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2511780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2511779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2511779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2511779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}