Harvard Official with Clinton and Obama Ties Announces Resignation Amid Epstein Controversy

In a significant development at Harvard University, former President Larry Summers has declared his intention to step down from all academic and faculty roles by the conclusion of this academic year. This decision follows the discovery of his interactions with the late Jeffrey Epstein, as confirmed by a Harvard representative on Wednesday.

Harvard Kennedy School Dean Jeremy Weinstein has accepted Summers’ resignation from his leadership role as co-director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. This move comes amid a university review of documents related to Epstein that have recently been disclosed by government authorities, according to a statement given to Fox News Digital.

The spokesperson further explained that Summers, who has served under both the Clinton and Obama administrations, will remain on leave until his departure. “Professor Summers has announced that he will retire from his academic and faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of this academic year,” the spokesperson stated.

In his own words, conveyed through a spokesperson, Summers expressed, “I have made the difficult decision to retire from my Harvard professorship at the end of this academic year.”

Meanwhile, UK officials are deliberating the potential release of confidential documents concerning Epstein’s links to former Prince Andrew.

Former Harvard University president Larry Summers, left, and Jeffrey Epstein. (Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg via Getty Images/ Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images)

“I will always be grateful to the thousands of students and colleagues I have been privileged to teach and work with since coming to Harvard as a graduate student 50 years ago,” read a statement sent to Fox News Digital. 

“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,” Summers added. 

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Larry Summers, left, and Jeffrey Epstein. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images; New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services/Reuters)

Summers announced last November that he was stepping away from teaching following growing outrage over messages between him and Epstein, a convicted sex offender. 

Details of his ties with Epstein had come to light when a House committee released a trove of emails. 

A video captured former Harvard president Larry Summers addressing a class with shame over Jeffrey Epstein communications after stepping back from public roles. (Liao Pan/China News Service via Getty Images : Lola DeAscentiis)

Summers was a former economic adviser to President Barack Obama and U.S. Treasury Secretary during the Clinton administration. 

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