Larry Summers admits regret after emails show continued contact with Jeffrey Epstein

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The emails released last week revealed a close relationship between Epstein and Summers. In an March 2019 exchange, they corresponded about a woman Summers was interested in.

I know that it's not the point of this article, and it's fine, but that is such a gentle way to put the conversation he had.

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/11/17/summers-epstein-wing-man-woman-described-as-mentee/

While already being married, he and at the time known sex criminal Epstein had a conversation where he strategized how to leverage the mentoring relationship another professional wanted with him into sex with her, all the while both used a racist nickname for her.

He shouldn't still be teaching. He can't be trusted with power over anyone.

As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson

When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein.