Harvard Launches Epstein Ties Review After Document Release

Harvard University announced on Wednesday that it is launching a review of connections between its personnel and the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, following the release of thousands of documents by a House committee last week. The probe comes amid revelations about emails between Epstein and former university president Larry Summers, prompting Summers to step back from most public commitments and resign from the board of OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT.

The documents, totaling around 20,000 pages from Epstein's estate, include exchanges between Epstein and various high-profile figures. Those involving Summers, who served as Harvard's president from 2001 to 2006 and as U.S. Treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton from 1999 to 2001, date from 2018 and 2019. In them, Summers sought personal advice from Epstein on pursuing a relationship with a younger woman he described as a mentee. The woman, who earned both a bachelor's degree and a Ph.D. at Harvard but was never Summers' student, according to a spokesman, was discussed in terms that acknowledged Summers' position of authority. Epstein, who had pleaded guilty in 2008 to state charges of...