The Latest Breaking News from Larry Summers

President has attempted to re-direct public anger over Epstein scandal as ‘a ‘Democrat problem’

Summers has also resigned from Santander Bank’s international advisory board

Summers said this week he would step back from public commitments amid the latest Epstein news.

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Newly released emails show top finance and business figures maintained contact with Jeffrey Epstein years after his initial conviction, raising questions over judgement and corporate governance.

Publication said it will not renew former treasury secretary’s contract in latest fallout after release of emails

Documents show Epstein was giving advice to Hoffman as late as 2017.

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Former U.S. Treasury Secretary and current Harvard professor Larry Summers says he will step back from public commitments after the release of emails showing he maintained a friendly relationship with Jeffrey Epstein long after the financier pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl in 2008