Summers to leave Harvard amid Epstein fallout

What happened

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers is stepping down as a professor at Harvard over his close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, he and the university said Wednesday. Summers has been on leave from Harvard, where he once served as president, since the depth of his friendship with Epstein was revealed in emails released by Congress in November.

Who said what

The resignation “marks an extraordinary unraveling for Summers, long one of the most influential figures...