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Harvard secretly investigates students over Larry Summers video on Epstein

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Harvard University officials are investigating two students who released videos of Professor Larry Summers in a lecture.

Harvard University officials are investigating two students who released videos of Professor Larry Summers in a lecture.

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Michael S. Schmidt, Mark Arsenault

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WASHINGTON – Harvard University officials have opened a secret disciplinary investigation into at least two students for their roles in drawing scrutiny to the relationship between the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the school’s former president Larry Summers according to three people briefed on the matter.

The students posted videos online showing Professor Summers addressing students in a Harvard lecture hall about his connections to Epstein in November, and took credit for pressuring him to step away from teaching after the disclosures.

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