Summers said in a statement that he has “great regrets in my life” and that his association with Epstein was a “major error in judgement." (Wikimedia Commons Photo)

Former US Treasury Secretary and past Harvard University president Larry Summers has taken leave from his teaching post after emails showed he stayed in contact with Jeffrey Epstein long after the financier’s 2008 conviction. According to the Associated Press (AP) , the 70-year-old had already begun stepping back from public roles after the emails were released last week, but his decision to pause teaching at Harvard marked a significant shift for someone long seen as a powerful figure in US economic policy and academia.

Summers said in a statement that he has “great regrets in my life” and that his association with Eps

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