00:00Some of you will have seen my statement of Lagratte expressing my shame with
00:06respect to what I did in communication with Mr. Epstein.
00:12In what illustrates a stunning fall from grace, viral video filmed by a student
00:16shows ex-Treasury secretary and Harvard professor Larry Summers opening a class this week by addressing the trove of newly released
00:23documents that reveal his communications with Jeffrey Epstein.
00:27This all comes as Harvard University probes the freshly released batch of emails between the convicted pedophile
00:33and Summers, as well as others connected to the university, the Harvard Crimson and Boston Globe first reported.
00:40The university is conducting a review of information concerning individuals at Harvard included in the newly released Jeffrey Epstein documents
00:48to evaluate what actions may be warranted, Harvard spokesman Jason Newton told The New York Times.
00:53The controversy erupted last week when the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released more than 20,000 pages
00:59of documents from Epstein's estate, revealing a chummy relationship between Summers and the notorious pedophile.
01:06The emails show Summers maintained regular contact with Epstein for years after his 2008 conviction, up until his 2019 arrest.
01:14The pair traded personal updates and sought advice from one another, even as fresh reporting detailed Epstein's abuse of underage girls.
01:22In one missive, Summers joked that women were less intelligent than men.
01:26The emails also documented Summers discussing a woman he was pursuing and asking Epstein for guidance.
01:32On Monday, Summers said in a statement obtained by The Post that he would be stepping back from public commitments amid the fallout.
01:40I am deeply ashamed of my actions and recognize the pain they have caused, he said.
01:46I take full responsibility for my misguided decision to continue communicating with Mr. Epstein.
01:51Summers explained that stepping away from his public commitments at Harvard is part of a broader effort to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to him,
02:00but that he would continue to fulfill his teaching obligations at the Ivy League.
02:05In a further blow to his career and reputation, Summers later resigned his position on the board of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, in the wake of the firestorm.
02:16The New York Times also opted not to continue its relationship with him.
02:20The newspaper reported that his one-year opinion contract will not be renewed in light of the emails.
02:26Summers served as the Secretary of the Treasury under President Bill Clinton and as the Director of the White House National Economic Council under President Barack Obama.
02:35He has taught economics at Harvard dating back to 1983 and led the university from 2001 to 2006.
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02:56The National Public Affairs, who is receiving the role of international officers in Japan and as the director of the New York Times on the South of the state of the United States.
02:58In a way that the United States has a great deal for the first lecture of him and the National Public Affairs.
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