Larry Summers , who had previously served as treasury secretary under former President Bill Clinton , will take a step back from his teaching duties at Harvard after emails released by the House Oversight Committee last week revealed a close relationship with late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein .

Harvard officials will investigate Summers' ties to Epstein, his spokesperson confirmed in a statement to ABC News on Wednesday (November 19) night.

Summers, who had previously served as Harvard's president, had already resigned from his role on the OpenAI board and announced that he would be stepping back from public commitments after his relationship with Epstein was revealed in the emails.

“In line with my announcement to step away from my public commitments, I have al

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