Larry Summers Apologizes To Students After Epstein Scandal
Summers has been facing fallout from last week’s Epstein email dump which showed that the former president of the university and former Treasury Secretary under Bill Clinton had a long friendship with the disgraced financier and convicted sex trafficker.
But after President Donald Trump’s recent demand that the DOJ investigate the ties of prominent Democrats to Epstein, Summers said on Monday he is stepping back from all public commitments except for the classes he still teaches.
“Some of you may have seen my statement of regret, expressing my shame with respect to what I did in communication with Mr. Epstein and that I’ve said that I’m going to step back from public activities for a time but that I think it’s very important to fulfill my teaching obligations,” he said.
“And so, with your permission, I’m gonna … we’re gonna go forward and talk about the material in the class.”
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