Trouble mounts for Larry Summers — Harvard opens new probe after release of Epstein emails

In a fresh trouble for Larry Summers, who has also steps down from OpenAI board over Epstein ties, the Harvard University is opening a new probe connections between its former president and disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

“The university is conducting a review of information concerning individuals at Harvard included in the newly released Jeffrey Epstein documents to evaluate what actions may be warranted,” a spokesperson for the school said in a statement.

The Harvard Crimson, the student newspaper and Boston Globe reported the university’s latest probe earlier.

An earlier review completed in 2020 found that Epstein visited Harvard’s campus more than 40 times after his 2008 sex crimes conviction and was given his own office and unfettered access to a research center he helped establish, reported AP.

On Tuesday, Larry said that he’s stepping back from public commitments and on Wednesday, he resigned from the OpenAI board.

“Larry has decided to resign from the OpenAI Board of Directors, and we respect his decision,” the board said in a statement.

“We appreciate his many contributions and the perspective he brought to the Board.”

“I am grateful for the opportunity to have served, excited about the potential of the company, and look forward to following their progress,” Larry said in a statement.

Summers joined the OpenAI board in Nov. 2023, part of an effort to restore stability at the nonprofit and bring back its CEO Sam Altman after its previous board members fired Altman days earlier.

Epstein was a convicted sex offender infamous for his connections to wealthy and powerful people. He died by suicide in 2019.

On Tuesday, nearly all House Republicans voted to compel the Justice Department to release its files on sex trafficker.

“We have nothing to hide, and it’s time to move on,” Trump posted on social media late Sunday.

Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a long-time Trump ally until he broke with her as she campaigned for the files’ release, excoriated the president for his protracted resistance to disclosing information gathered in the investigation.