A Prominent Figure Takes a Step Back

Larry Summers, a well-known economist and former U. S. Treasury Secretary, has decided to take a break from his public engagements. This comes after a lot of emails between him and Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender, were made public. Summers said he wants to focus on rebuilding trust with his close friends and family. Summers, who used to be the president of Harvard University, made this announcement to the university's student newspaper. He admitted that he was wrong to keep talking to Epstein and said he feels bad about it. He is still going to teach at Harvard but won't be doing other public things for a while. Summers has had big jobs in the past, like working for Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. He also works with OpenAI and the Harvard Kennedy School. But right now, he's not saying much more about his decision. The Epstein case has been a big deal in politics for a long time. Some people think powerful figures are hiding things about Epstein and his death in jail in 2019. Even President Donald Trump has talked about it, but he hasn't said much either. The U. S. House of Representatives is going to vote on making more Epstein files public. This is a big step in understanding what really happened.