According to the student newspaper of the Ivy League college, former Harvard University President Larry Summers has declared his intention to withdraw from public engagements.
Summers stated in a message to The Harvard Crimson on Monday that the move was part of an endeavor “to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me.”
The declaration comes after the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released seven years’ worth of correspondence between Summers and the disgraced financier Jeffrey E. Epstein.
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The documents revealed that the two individuals continued to exchange messages up to July 5, 2019, which was only a day prior to Epstein’s arrest on fresh sex-trafficking accusations.
Summers also seemed to place confidence in Epstein and confided in him about his pursuit of a romantic connection with a woman he referred to as a mentee in the hundreds of messages that were made public.
Epstein called himself Summers’ “wing man” in a message from November 2018 that was among those that were made public, and he kept giving Summers advice on the relationship for several months.
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“I am profoundly ashamed of my actions and acknowledge the pain they have inflicted,” Summers expressed in his statement to the Crimson.
He further stated, “I accept complete responsibility for my ill-considered choice to maintain communication with Mr. Epstein.”
Summers is involved in a number of roles in his professional life. He is a senior fellow at the think tank Center for American Progress, a paid columnist for Bloomberg News, and a board member at OpenAI.
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According to the source, his spokesman stated that he will also remain a University Professor at Harvard and serve as the director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School, which he will continue to oversee.
The former president of Harvard stated in Monday’s statement: “While continuing to meet my teaching duties, I will be withdrawing from public commitments as one component of my larger effort.”
Fox News Digital has contacted Harvard University for their input.
