Epstein files: Larry Summers to resign as Harvard professor, reports say

Larry Summers, the former U.S. Treasury secretary who has been dogged by his past friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, will resign from teaching at Harvard University by the end of the current academic year, according to reports on Wednesday.

Summers previously served as president of Harvard.

In a statement to The Crimson, the university's student newspaper, Summers called his decision to leave his professorship "difficult," but also said he remained "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."

"Free of formal responsibility, as President Emeritus and a retired professor, I look forward in time to engaging in research, analysis, and commentary on a range of global economic issues," Summers told The Crimson.