She’s already begining to sound needy :) nice,” Epstein told Summers after being forwarded an email from one female correspondent.

A new cache of emails released by a House committee paints a vivid portrait of the relationship between former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers and convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein. The hundreds of emails — spanning from 2013 to 2019 — reveal how Summers sought out Epstein’s thoughts on Harvard projects,

The former Treasury secretary corresponded routinely with Jeffrey Epstein. In one series of exchanges, he sought Mr. Epstein’s advice on how to handle a female acquaintance.

The correspondents in the new trove include some of his already-reported relations: most notably, Apollo Global Management co-founder Leon Black and former US Treasury secretary and Goldman Sachs banker Lawrence Summers .

Harvard professors responded with outrage to a tranche of emails showing a close yearslong correspondence between former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers and sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein, reopening an old and bitter divide between Summers and the faculty.

Trump has accused Democrats of releasing the financier’s emails this week to distract from the government shutdown.

Lawrence Summers, who served as an official in the administrations of Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, sought advice from Jeffrey Epstein on how to court women.

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers issued a stark warning on November 8, 2025, describing the U.S. national deficit as “unsustainable” amid rising fiscal pressures. He highlighted how unchecked deficits could trigger broader economic instability,