Former US Treasury secretary Lawrence Summers said he would step back from public commitments after documents showed he asked Jeffrey Epstein for advice on pursuing an extramarital relationship with a female mentee.
Summers, who ran Bill Clinton’s Treasury department and was later president of Harvard University, sent repeated messages to Epstein about a woman codenamed “peril” in 2018 and 2019, according to files released from the late sex offender’s estate last week.
“I am deeply ashamed of my actions and recognise the pain they have caused,” Summers said on Monday evening.
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