Publication said it will not renew former treasury secretary’s contract in latest fallout after release of emails
The New York Times is cutting ties with Larry Summers following the publication of a series of email exchanges the Harvard professor and economist had with Jeffrey Epstein.
The former US treasury secretary said on Monday he would step back from public commitments after House Republicans released thousands of files relating to the late paedophile who in a 2018 email described himself as Summers’ “wing man”.
The documents revealed Summers maintained a friendly relationship with Epstein long after the disgraced financier pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl in 2008, and continued to correspond with him until 5 July 2019, the day before Epstein was arrested on sex-trafficking charges.
The revelations prompted lawmakers to urge companies and institutions to cut ties with Summers, who stepped down from his position as Harvard president in 2006.
