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Jeffrey Epstein Fallout: Larry Summers Steps Down Amid Email Revelations
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After newly released government documents and emails revealed a longstanding personal and professional relationship between Larry Summers and Epstein, Summers announced he will step down from his faculty position at Harvard University at the end of...
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What's up, everyone? And welcome to another episode of the Epstein Chronicles. One of Jeffrey Epstein's closest friends, one of his closest confidants was no doubt Larry Summers. And up until this point, Larry Summers had been able to navigate the choppy waters that have been caused by the Epstein Malmstrom, and he's been able to keep himself afloat. Well, that all ended today as it's been announced that Larry Summers is resigning as a university professor at Harvard. Now, his relationship with Epstein isn't something that is, you know, brand new. We've known about Larry Summers and his relationship with Epstein for a very long time. But now with all the emails backing up what people were saying, his denials become bull. And I think this is the pattern that we're seeing time and time again. All these people that denied their relationships with Epstein are all being outed as liars. And that includes people like Elon Musk as well. You know, he has a real big mouth, doesn't he? Oh, I'll pay for the lawyer of anyone who wants to come out and name so and so. Yeah, sure, buddy. Probably some kind of psyop to get information about people who are making allegations so you and your friends can quash them. And I hate to be cynical, but I'm only half joking when I say that. Like, does anybody really trust people like Larry Summers or Elon Musk? I know I don't. And now that the receipts are here to back up what people have said, Larry Summers has no choice but to tuck tail and run. And guess what? I don't feel bad about it. I don't feel bad for one second. This dude knew exactly what was going on for for all these years, never came forward, never offered himself up to the investigators to say, hey, look, I was around Jeffrey. I might have seen something. Did he do any of that? No. Right. So why shouldn't Larry Summers lose his job? I mean, that's what they're saying about all the young girls. Oh, well, she was a Trafficker doesn't matter that she was groomed when she was 14, she became 18 and she kept doing it. Isn't that what they say? Isn't that the argument that's being made by the same people who think that we should be mad and sad that someone like Larry Summers ended up losing their job as they sit here and try and call people traffickers and all kinds of heinous without any context, without any nuance. It's straight up absurd. Imagine being more critical of the people who were abused than the people that actually did the abusing or the enabling. Because for some people, those are the folks who are the actual victims. The because, you know, this is all just a moral panic and it's all overblown. And the evidence they have to back that up is exactly none. Meanwhile, on the other side of the argument, how many people have paid settlements? How many people have lost their jobs? How many people have been arrested? But sure, keep telling us it's all overblown and there's nothing to see here. I want you to take note of all the people doing that. That way later on down the road, we can give them the kind of ball breaking that they deserve for being so wrong when it comes to this story. And you know what? A lot of those people that are Epstein denialists, I think the reason that they're acting so contrarian is because they missed it. They had a blind spot to the story and now they want to play it down because they weren't there from the jump. So of course, since they missed it, it really can't be that big of a story. And that leads to them trying to demean it. And of course that always ends up with them attacking the survivors. But these institutions, these lawsuits, tell us a whole different story, don't they? Headlined Larry Summers to Resign as Harvard University Professor Amid Epstein Fallout. This article was authored by Daniel Arkin. Larry Summers, the former Treasury Secretary and and noted economist, announced Wednesday he plans to resign from his role as a tenured professor at Harvard University, a move that comes amid growing scrutiny of his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Mind you, he's tenured, so you gotta think that he's facing a lot of pressure to make this move. He doesn't have to. As a tenured professor, you have a lot of room to do whatever you want. But he understands that this is a bad look and there's no way to defend it, so he's going to slink away. Unfortunately, the people that defend him and people like him, they don't have that much humility. Imagine being bereft of humility to a level that you surpass. Larry Summers. I have made the difficult decision to retire from my Harvard professorship at the end of this academic year, Summers said in a statement. I will always be grateful to the thousands of students and colleagues I have been privileged to teach and work with since coming to Harvard as a graduate student 50 years ago. Yeah, great. We love it. Good for you, buddy. You had a nice, storied career. How many of those years were spent in the company of people like Jeffrey Epstein? I know. Not the kind of question he wants to hear. And far be it from me to rain on his parade, but here we are. All those years that you were friends with Epstein, he was actively abusing these girls. He was actively stealing money from the citizens of the United States and elsewhere. So, yeah, you should step down, and you should be embarrassed. And anybody defending you, they should be embarrassed, too. But you would have to have some kind of moral compass for that to happen. And all that really matters to them is engagement, right? Oh, let's be contrarian. Let's try and drive some clicks. There got to be another side of the story. No, there's not. I'm sorry to tell you, there's not another side to this story. Okay, there's one side. These scumbags got away with it for all these years. Never an investigation, never a real look at what's going on. And now that the bill is due, like I always tell you, none of them want to pay. Well, guess what? Nobody wants to pay the bill. Well, it comes in. Sure had a good time running up that bill, though, right? No problem running the checkup, but now that you got to pay. Oh, you left your wallet in the car. We should feel sorry for you. Somebody should pick up the bill. Anybody but you. Well, guess what? Not this time. Time to reach into that pocket and pay up free of formal responsibility. And as president and a retired professor, I look forward in time to engaging in research, analysis, and commentary on a range of global economic issues. He added. Yo, I got bad news for you, Mr. Summers. I don't think anybody wants to hear what you have to say. Nobody wants financial advice from Jeffrey Epstein's pal. Summers also resigned from his leadership position at as co director of the Massavar Romney center for Business and Government, Harvard University spokesman Jason Newton confirmed in an email. Summer's connection to Epstein was long established, but a cache of emails released by the Justice Department last year showed the two men were closer than had been publicly known. Not true. I mean, I guess publicly known, but we all knew. People who followed the story knew. So all these things that are coming as a shock to people, this is the stuff we were screaming from mountaintops back in 2019, you know, when everybody who thinks this story is so important now was ignoring it, calling people like me conspiracy theorists. You know who I'm talking about? There's a whole lot of people out there who are now talking about this story who didn't give one damn about it when it was happening, but now they feel like they can score political points or whatever, so all of a sudden, they're some kind of crusader. I see you, too. And there's a whole lot of people that are talking about this story that really don't care about justice one way or the other. They care about scoring points politically. And unfortunately, that feeds right into what these people want. They want confusion, they want chaos, and they want everybody at each other's throat so nobody's paying attention to the they're up to. The two men communicated as recently as 2019, more than a decade after Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor. They continue to correspond until July 5, 2019, a day before Epstein was arrested and charged with sex trafficking. Minors. Summers has been on leave from his teaching duties since November while Harvard investigates links between faculty members and Epstein, who died in federal custody in 2019 while awaiting prosecution on sex trafficking charges. So, in other words, they're doing their investigation, and they probably found everything that we already know and more. And whoever's in charge over at Harvard probably went to Mr. Summers and said, bro, you're done. That's it. We'll give you a chance to resign. But besides that, we got you. There's a lot of evidence here, and you were an absolute douche. So you gotta go now. That's my guess, right? They got this investigation, the investigation kicks off, and then all of a sudden, Mr. Tenured professor is just going to resign out of the blue. Okay. The celebrated economist served as Harvard's president from 2001 to 2006 before he was named a university professor, the school's highest faculty rank. Summers previously said he planned to retreat from public commitments, including his position on the board of directors at OpenAI, following the House Oversight Committee's release of more than 20,000 documents that included his extensive email correspondence with Epstein. I'm deeply ashamed of my actions and recognize the pain they have caused, summers said in a statement Nov. 17. I take full responsibility for my misguided decision to continue communicating with Mr. Epstein. Not just communicating, opening doors for him, providing him with the veneer of respectability. And then Jeffrey Epstein went on to continue to abuse people. That's a big deal. And I'm sure if it was your daughter who was abused, you'd probably feel the same way. In one set of emails, Summers, who has been married to academic Elisa new since 2005, sought Epstein's advice on his romantic interest in a woman he described as a mentee. Epstein, in turn, described himself as a pretty good wingman for for Summers. In another email, Summers lamented that men who hit on women may face repercussions in the modern workplace. Oh, God forbid. You can't be a creep at work. That must be rough, huh? Imagine having to keep your hands and your dumbass comments to yourself. Must be tough, man. Hard life. Very difficult life for these guys. The scrutiny on the email records led to other revelations, including that Summers and New made a brief visit of less than a day to Epstein's private island in the Caribbean during their honeymoon in 2005, according to a statement from Summer spokesman Stephen Goldberg. Have you noticed that everybody says they go to the island for like an hour? Who the goes to an island for an hour? You don't even go to the local pub for an hour. But sure, I went to a whole ass island for one hour, and then I was back on my boat like a good little boy. If you believe that, you're dumb as fuck. It would not have been easy for Harvard to oust Summers, who was President Bill Clinton's Treasury Secretary and a top economic adviser to President Barack Obama. Summers tenured position effectively gave him a form of a permanent employment in academia. And, folks, this is why you gotta get out of that right left mentality. It's both sides. Both sides were corrupt here. Both sides protected Epstein, but neither side wants to take responsibility for the fact that they've been right in the middle of it from the beginning. So of course, that leads to more distrust and more people thinking that it's politically motivated when it's obviously not. Look, I can't control anybody else, right? But here on this podcast, I assure you, every single one of these dirty, rotten pieces of garbage who get caught up in this, they're on the clock. I don't care what your politics are. I don't care what you look like. I don't care. We're from the same city, we have the same friends. I don't give a flying homie. Why were you with Jeffrey Epstein after you knew he was diddling kids? Why didn't you go to the police and talk to them and tell them what you know. So now that you didn't do any of that and we had to catch you red handed, I don't want to hear your excuses. I don't want to hear why, I don't want to hear how it happened and I certainly don't want to hear sorry because that ship sailed a long time ago. Harvard's provost office says on its webpage that professors can be removed only for grave misconduct or neglect of duty by the Harvard Corporation, the school's highest governing body. It was not clear whether Summer's conduct met that standard. All oh it did. They let him save face. That's what this is. This is the corporate way of letting people save face. The release of the emails roiled Harvard. In interviews last year with NBC News and Harvard's student run newspaper, the Crimson, a group of faculty members and students decried Summer's correspondence with Epstein. Epstein is no longer alive, but his legacy is alive and well and his friends are are still in high places, harvard undergraduate student Lola JD Asantis told NBC News. In recent months, Harvard faced mounting pressure to cut ties with Summers, including from Senator Elizabeth Warren, who once taught at Harvard. Boy, they have all the geniuses teach there, huh? Imagine sending your kid to Harvard for all those Fazuls and you know that all these idiots are the teachers there. Might as well send them to community college, right? If he had so little ability to distance himself from Jeffrey Epstein, even after all that was publicly known about Epstein's sex offenses involving underage girls, then Summers cannot be trusted to advise our nation's politicians, policymakers and institutions or teach a generation of students at Harvard or anywhere else, warren said last year. Summers resignation closes a chapter on his relationship with an educational institution where he received his PhD in economics in 1982. The following year, when Summers was just 28, he became one of the university's youngest ever tenured professors. Look, I'm sure that Larry Summers is a sharp guy. Sure, he's a smart guy when it comes to book stuff. Sure is a dumbass when it comes to life decisions. Summer's tenure at the top of Harvard was often clouded by controversy. He faced fierce controversy and pushback after giving remarks in 2005 at a closed door economic conference speculating that women may lack an intrinsic aptitude for science and engineering. This guy loved women though. Just let him tell you, nothing to see here. Women weren't just a commodity to him. Oh wait, they were. Got it. He apologized and insisted his remarks had been misconstrued. The noise ultimately became too intense to surmount. He resigned from the presidency in February of 2006. Four months later, Summers was appointed to the faculty again as a university professor, a distinction afforded to only a handful of luminaries. He held that title for nearly 20 years. Well, guess what? Not anymore. And I don't care for one minute. I don't feel bad. I don't have any empathy for him, and I don't care about his reputation. Why should I care about his reputation if he doesn't? Because if he cared about his reputation, well, he wouldn't have been breaking bread with Jeffrey Epstein. So if Larry Summers is looking for somebody to blame, my advice is take a look in the mirror. All the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box.