In one of their seemingly numerous back-and-forth email exchanges, former Treasury Secretary and former president of Harvard University Lawrence Summers shared what he believed to be an important insight with Jeffrey Epstein.
“I’m trying to figure out why American elite think if u murder your baby by beating and abandonment it must be irrelevant to your admission to Harvard, but hit on a few women 10 years ago and can’t work at a network or think tank,” Summers wrote. “DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT.”
Summers shared his insight — which referenced the case of Michelle Jones — with Epstein, the now-deceased pedophile billionaire, in October of 2017, nearly 10 years after Epstein got a sweetheart plea deal in an investigation into his sexual abuse of minor girls. Summers declined to comment regarding the email on the record. He has previously expressed regret for his association with Epstein.
The email from Summers was one of thousands released by the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday. The document dump included explosive statements by Epstein that President Donald Trump “knew about the girls” and spent “hours at my house with” an unnamed victim. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called the emails “a manufactured hoax by the Democrat [sic] Party.” They also reveal several prominent individuals who remained in Epstein’s good graces, offering him support, advice or, in Summers’ case, sharing jokes about the #MeToo movement with a man who had served jail time for having sex with girls too young to consent.
