{"id":2573575,"date":"2026-02-25T13:55:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T18:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/larry-summers-resigns-from-harvard-over-ties-to-jeffrey-epstein\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T13:56:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T18:56:28","slug":"larry-summers-resigns-from-harvard-over-ties-to-jeffrey-epstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/larry-summers-resigns-from-harvard-over-ties-to-jeffrey-epstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry Summers resigns from Harvard over ties to Jeffrey Epstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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-resigns-from-harvard-over-ties-to-jeffrey-epstein%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=2573575&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>Former Harvard president Larry Summers has resigned from his academic and faculty roles at Harvard University amid revelations of his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Summers,who led Harvard from 2001 to 2006 and later co-directed Harvard\u2019s Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government,will retire at the end of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fncs-benson-biden-wont-investigate-blue-states-for-school-mask-policies-like-he-did-with-red-states-its-politicized-science\/\" title=\"FNC&#039;s Benson: Biden Won&#039;t Investigate Blue States for School Mask Policies Like He Did with Red States, It&#039;s &#039;Politicized Science&#039;\">current academic year<\/a> and remain on leave until then.Harvard said the resignation follows the university\u2019s review of Epstein-related documents released by the government.The examination was prompted by Epstein emails in which Summers sought advice from Epstein and Epstein described himself as Summers\u2019 \u201cwing man.\u201d Summers described his decision to resign as difficult but said he looks forward to focusing on research, analysis, and commentary as Professor Emeritus. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >article notes ongoing fallout<\/a> from the Epstein files, including other figures stepping back, and mentions that Bill and Hillary clinton are expected to testify before a House committee on Epstein.  <\/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 resigns from Harvard over ties to Jeffrey Epstein<\/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_2515720\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Treasury Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/larry-summers\/\">Larry Summers<\/a> is resigning from his academic and faculty positions at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/harvard-university\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1252\">Harvard University<\/a> over his previous ties to convicted sex offender <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeffrey-epstein\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1860\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Summers, who was president of the university from 2001 to 2006 after his tenure in former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bill-clinton\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"703\">Bill Clinton<\/a>&lsquo;s Cabinet, has been mentioned and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3916213\/latest-batch-epstein-files-photos-trump-bill-clinton-larry-summers-steve-bannon\/\">shown in photographs <\/a>released in the Department of Justice&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/epstein-files\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"17582\">Epstein files<\/a>. Summers began <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3890328\/larry-summers-steps-back-public-life-epstein-messages-revealed\/\">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><\/a> in November as messages between himself and Epstein were released, but he held on to his teaching roles at the time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4471621\/house-oversight-delays-depositions-epstein-associates-march\/\">House oversight delays depositions for pair of Epstein associates until March<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4471532\/hegseth-appeals-block-punish-mark-kelly-illegal-orders-video\/\">Hegseth appeals ruling blocking punishment for Kelly over &#8216;illegal&#8217; orders video<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4469297\/judge-declines-remove-prosecutors-tyler-robinson-murder-trial-kirk-assassination\/\">Judge declines to remove prosecutors in Charlie Kirk murder case<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;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,&rdquo; Harvard spokesman Jason Newton told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Summers also resigned from his position as co-director of Harvard&rsquo;s Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. Newton said Dean Jeremy Weinstein of the Harvard Kennedy School for public policy accepted Summers&rsquo;s resignation, &ldquo;in connection with the ongoing review by the University of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/giuliani-president-trump-should-declassify-more-documents\/\" title=\"Giuliani: ... Trump should declassify more documents\">documents related<\/a> to Jeffrey Epstein that were recently released by the government.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harvard <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3892320\/former-harvard-president-under-investigation-epstein-ties\/\">opened the investigation<\/a> into Summers in November after the House publicly released a series of Epstein&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-journalist-ousted-from-publication-for-expressing-catholic-views-online\/\" title=\"Student Journalist Ousted From Publication For Expressing Catholic Views Online\">email correspondence<\/a>. In the trove of emails, Summers sought advice from Epstein in his pursuit of a woman he deemed his mentee, and Epstein described himself as the economist&rsquo;s &ldquo;wing man.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Summers told the <em>Harvard Crimson<\/em> his decision to resign was &ldquo;difficult.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Free of formal responsibility, as President Emeritus and a retired professor, I look forward in time to engaging in research, analysis, and commentary on a range of global economic issues,&rdquo; Summers <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2026\/2\/25\/summers-retire-harvard-epstein\/\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Summers and Epstein&rsquo;s email correspondence showed the two kept in touch up until the day before Epstein&rsquo;s July 2019 arrest, according to the university&rsquo;s student newspaper.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4471621\/house-oversight-delays-depositions-epstein-associates-march\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4471621\">HOUSE OVERSIGHT DELAYS DEPOSITIONS FOR PAIR OF EPSTEIN ASSOCIATES UNTIL MARCH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Summers is the latest powerful acquaintance of Epstein to fall from grace after the DOJ&rsquo;s rollout of the files. Richard Axel, a molecular biologist from Columbia University, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/columbia-brain-institute-co-director-nobel-laureate-steps-epstein-ties-rcna260585\">stepped down<\/a> on Tuesday over his ties to Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton and his wife, Hillary Clinton, are set to testify before the House oversight committee on Epstein this week.<\/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 resigns from Harvard over Epstein ties<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2573576,"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-e1772044683153.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[50410,6240,51194,67255,6522],"class_list":["post-2573575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-controversy-2","tag-harvard","tag-jeffrey-epstein","tag-larry-summers","tag-resignation"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/283ba1d772335bb1d1665d7e49409dda-scaled-e1772044683153.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573575","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=2573575"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2573579,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573575\/revisions\/2573579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2573576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2573575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2573575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2573575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}