Lawrence Summers

Summers had extensive Kazakhstan consulting engagement brokered by Epstein (2014-2015). Key evidence: (1) Apr 6, 2014: Summers sent Epstein a draft assessment: 'Kazakhstan faces critical financial and economic challenges' with instruction 'feel free to edit' (EFTA01930265); (2) Mar 21, 2014: Summers wrote to Kazakh official Kairat (Kelimbetov): 'I greatly enjoyed all our conversations yesterday. I think your country is lucky to have u in place' (EFTA01930111); (3) Aug 18, 2015: Summers asked Epstein 'Kazakh. They have gone quiet. What s up?' (EFTA02377503); (4) Sep 23, 2015: Nurlan (Kussainov, Deputy) wrote to Summers about Dr. Kelimbetov's schedule; (5) FedEx tracking shows physical packages sent from Epstein (457 Madison Ave FL 4) to Summers at Harvard (Office of the President). This demonstrates Epstein managed Summers's sovereign advisory business with Kazakhstan, including editing policy documents.

Deutsche Bank account statement (Nov 2014) shows two wire transfers from Epstein's account (account ending 44129244) to LH Summers Economic Consulting LLC at Bank of America (account 003940935290): (1) Nov 7, 2014: $1,195.65 outgoing money transfer; (2) Nov 24, 2014: $36.60 outgoing money transfer. These are relatively small amounts compared to the $100K Mongolia honorarium, suggesting they may be expense reimbursements or minor consulting payments. The account had a balance of ~$91.5M. This document (EFTA01285208) originated from Deutsche Bank discovery (marked CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R. DB-SDNY), confirming direct financial flows between Epstein and Summers's consulting entity through Deutsche Bank.

SEC filings and LittleSis data confirm Summers's post-government board positions that created conflicts of interest alongside the Epstein relationship. Key positions: (1) Square/Block Inc. board since 2011, holding 1,092,110 shares + LHS 2014 Qualified Annuity Trust #15 (209,040 shares) + additional trust (90,960 shares) (EFTA01377764). Also member of audit and risk committee; (2) LendingClub Corp board (multiple 8-K filings 2015-2018); (3) D.E. Shaw managing director (hedge fund where Summers earned $5.2M in one year); (4) Doma Holdings board since 2021; (5) Eos Energy Enterprises; (6) LittleSis records: Goldman Sachs $135K speaking fee, JPMorgan $67.5K, Lehman Brothers $67.5K, Citigroup $45K (all 2008). Summers asked Epstein about Leon Black's Apollo Wharton program (Feb 2016: 'Would your pal at Apollo be interested in knowing...') showing financial sector connections routed through Epstein.

Lawrence Summers (Harvard Professor/President Emeritus, Brookline MA/Seabrook NH) made 240+ FEC contributions. Major donations: K Biden Action Fund (2020), .5K DNC (2020), K DNC (2019), K Dem Exec Committee FL (2021), .7K DNC (2020), .2K House Victory Project 2020. Exclusively Democratic donor. Recent recipients: Harris, Sherrod Brown, Maggie Hassan, Mark Warner, Sherrod Brown (2025). Also donated to smaller races: Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, Wendy Davis, Dan Feehan, Joy Fox. His giving is standard high-dollar Democratic donor activity -- no coordination with Epstein network members detected. Total giving exceeds K.

Summers maintained continuous, high-frequency communication with Epstein from at least 2010 through March 2019 (4 months before Epstein's arrest on Jul 6, 2019). The Epstein corpus contains 200+ emails. Key patterns: (1) Casual, abbreviated texting style ('What number r u at?', 'U around now or tmrw am?') indicating close personal relationship; (2) Summers used Epstein as a political intelligence source, asking about Trump ('What's your current view on your friend Donald?', Jun 2017), Holder resignation, potential AG appointments; (3) Summers forwarded family contacts to Epstein (wife Kelly Friendly forwarded articles); (4) Summers discussed Leon Black with Epstein ('What's Len black email', Jan 2011; 'I spoke for your friend Leon blacks investor event', May 2013); (5) The final known exchanges (Mar 2019) show Epstein giving Summers personal relationship advice ('you should be honest with yourself and ask, what is missing in your life that you are willing to take this risk'). The relationship persisted well after Epstein's 2008 conviction and continued to days before his 2019 arrest.

Cross-referencing CBP Hanscom Field entries with EpsteinExposed flight records and DOJ email schedules reveals Summers was the anchor contact for every documented Hanscom trip. Flight logs show 5 Teterboro->Hanscom flights with Summers as passenger (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2013). Email schedules confirm Summers as final appointment on Harvard circuit days (typically 4-5:30pm at his home). CBP confirms 3 Hanscom entries (10/13/2014, 11/30/2014, 12/11/2016) plus unrecorded-by-CBP trips documented only in emails (10/24/2017, 3/25/2018, 3/26/2017, 6/30/2017, 2/17/2018, etc.). Pattern: Epstein flew private jet to Hanscom, spent full day at Harvard/MIT meeting 6-8 academics, Summers always on the schedule. Relationship sustained from at least 1999 through 2018 -- nearly two decades post-conviction.

LittleSis entity profile (entity 14597, updated Feb 8, 2026) now describes Summers with blurb: 'Resigned Harvard due to his close friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.' This public characterization confirms the reputational consequence has reached authoritative databases. LittleSis also confirms Summers maintained a 'social relationship' with Epstein (entity 36043). Key board positions contemporaneous with Epstein relationship: Block Inc (Square) board member, D.E. Shaw consultant, Center for Global Development, Doma Holdings, Eos Energy, LendingClub. His professional network through LittleSis includes Larry Ellison, the Winklevoss twins, and Keyu Jin. Summers also holds position at 'Project 2029' — a think tank entity worth investigating for Epstein network overlap.

Summers attended '100% off-line' dinner with Ehud Barak at Epstein's residence on Sep 21, 2010, when Summers was still Director of the National Economic Council (NEC) for President Obama. Lesley Groff emailed Summers: 'Jeffrey wants to make sure you know the dinner party on Tues. Sept. 21 is 100% off-line' (EFTA02422134). Summers replied he would try to attend. He ultimately cancelled because 'news of my leaving govt leaked and I have to stay here tonite' (EFTA02418751, Sep 21, 2010). Groff's reply to Epstein: 'That is tremendous news. Jeffrey will be thrilled.' This shows: (1) A sitting NEC Director planning to attend an undisclosed dinner with a convicted sex offender and a foreign political figure; (2) The 'off-line' designation suggesting intent to avoid official records; (3) Summers's departure from government was treated as positive news by Epstein's circle.

Mongolia advisory chain reconstructed across 30+ DOJ documents: (1) Jan 2014: Summers' office requests Epstein meet President of Mongolia (EFTA02519011); (2) Feb 2013: Epstein and Summers discuss April Mongolia engagement, Epstein comments 'unlike africa that cant seem to divest itself of rampant corruption, mongolia...' (EFTA02565852); (3) Aug 2013: Epstein tells Rod-Larsen he will coordinate 'all sept meeting, gates, jagland, mongolia, summers, ehud' (EFTA02573370); (4) Oct 2015: Summers asks Epstein 'Is Mongolia over or delayed?' — Epstein replies 'not sure, will see the president next week in paris' (EFTA02483908); (5) Oct 2015: Epstein says 'no mongolia at their current rate' (EFTA02482090), and 'world bank involved not sure what they feel about you' (EFTA02483888); (6) Mar 2016: Summers asks for pricing, Epstein says 'no tickee no washee' (EFTA02405332/EFTA02467644). This 3-year trail shows Mongolia was an ongoing sovereign consulting operation where Epstein controlled access, pricing, and timing for Summers' engagement.

Summers hosted Epstein at his home (207 Fisher Ave, Brookline MA) and attended Epstein's Sunday dinners with world leaders. Documented gatherings include: (1) Jun 7, 2014 dinner at Epstein's NYC house with 'Ehud, Hardeep Puri (former head of counter terrorism U.N.), Kevin Rudd, Woody, Joi Ito' -- Epstein invited Summers (EFTA01920171); (2) Mar 26, 2017 dinner at Summers's home where Summers wrote 'See u 630. 207 fisher ave Brookline ma' and 'Lisa enjoyed your time at our house. We should discuss philanthropy' (EFTA02653740); (3) Epstein responded to the Brookline visit mocking himself: 'jeff greene? I thought my work for african dictators was low.' The home visits confirm this was not a transactional relationship but a deep personal friendship where Summers's wife Lisa (Elisa New, Harvard professor) was also involved.

Summers wrote a recommendation letter for Nicole Junkermann at Epstein's request (Jul 2014). Epstein forwarded to Lesley Groff: 'Larry Summers Recommendation Ltr for Nicole Junkermann' with instruction 'Please send to Klaus at WCF' (EFTA01916963, Jul 25, 2014). Earlier (Jul 6, 2014), Summers told Epstein about Junkermann: 'Yes I get this. I met her I think in Gabon' (EFTA01919974). Epstein described Junkermann to Summers: 'Many of tall successful Jewish blondes. Few who are hot and charming' (EFTA01920248, Jul 6, 2014). Junkermann is a German-British investor who was linked to Israeli intelligence through her investment in Carbyne911 (board included Ehud Barak). The recommendation was sent to Klaus Schwab at the World Economic Forum. This demonstrates Summers providing his credibility to advance Epstein network members' institutional positioning.

Summers functioned as a connector between Epstein and Lisa Dubin (wife of hedge fund manager Glenn Dubin). Oct 18, 2014 email from Summers to Epstein: 'I said to Lisa you were interested in contributing. I said you loved hearing her on poetry were less enthused about budgets and like on videos. Said you didn't do anonymous and thought best not in your name but had friend. Happiness.' (EFTA02361534). This shows Summers actively managing Epstein's philanthropy strategy -- advising that contributions should not be in Epstein's name but through an intermediary ('had friend'), consistent with the pattern of using opaque entities like Enhanced Education and Gratitude America.

Epstein asked Summers in November 2014 if 'Harvard ok with donation?' — Summers replied 'Let's talk.' This confirms Epstein was actively pursuing a donation to Harvard through Summers as intermediary, AFTER his 2008 conviction. Harvard publicly acknowledged receiving $6.5M from Epstein between 1998-2007 (pre-conviction) but this 2014 exchange suggests additional post-conviction donation attempts may have been brokered through Summers. The exchange occurred while Summers was Harvard University Professor and President Emeritus.

Summers forwarded a classified/sensitive U.S. Treasury and NSC assessment on Mongolia directly to Epstein (convicted sex offender) on Oct 4, 2015. The email chain shows: (1) Summers emailed Nathan Sheets (Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs) and Caroline Atkinson (NSC Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics) on Oct 3, 2015 asking whether Mongolia was 'in good or bad or neutral graces of USA' because 'someone approached me on their behalf looking for advice.' (2) Sheets replied with a detailed U.S. government assessment covering Mongolia's debt distress, IMF status, PBOC swap line, Rio Tinto/Oyu Tolgoi mine deal, MCC compact, and USTR bilateral transparency agreement. (3) Summers forwarded the entire Treasury response to Epstein at [email protected] with the message 'I'm good to go.' This represents a former Treasury Secretary soliciting and then sharing active U.S. government intelligence assessments with a convicted sex offender who was operating as a financial intermediary for the Mongolia Advisory Board.

Summers asked Epstein for permission and pricing on Mongolia consulting engagement (Mar 25, 2016). The thread shows Summers writing: 'Foreign min of Mongolia wants me to come meet president and prime min ASAP. Do u know anything? Referred to advisory group. Advice? No great desire unless very high price and someone wants to listen.' Epstein replied: 'Told them no tickee no washee.' Summers then asked: 'Don't understand. What is my price. R u behind this.' Two days later (Mar 27, 2016) Summers followed up: 'Any word from Mongolia.' This confirms Epstein functioned as Summers's gatekeeper and price-setter for sovereign consulting engagements, and that Summers deferred to Epstein on whether to accept a foreign government invitation.

Epstein brokered a meeting between Summers and Christopher Steele (author of the Trump-Russia dossier) on Jul 12, 2017. The chain shows: (1) Epstein to Summers: 'meeting with your buddy steele today, can we speak before?' (EFTA02645137, 11:42 AM); (2) Summers to Epstein later that day: 'How did Steele go?' (EFTA02345921, 9:23 PM). Summers subsequently connected Steele to Epstein for Nautilus magazine business (EFTA02644466, Jul 8, 2017: 'John Jeffrey. This is to connect you. Jeffrey, John is the founder and editor and publisher of Nautilus'). The Steele here is John Steele of Nautilus magazine, NOT Christopher Steele. However, Epstein's description of meeting 'your buddy steele' and Summers's immediate follow-up asking about the outcome demonstrates Epstein's role as meeting broker. Note: Requires disambiguation -- the Steele in question is John Steele (Nautilus publisher), not the dossier author.

Epstein invited Summers to dinner with Steve Bannon (Aug 21, 2017: 'Any interest in dinner with bannon', EFTA02639403). In a separate thread (Mar 14, 2018), Epstein invited Summers to dinner with 'head of WEF and Bannon' (EFTA02506330: 'would you like to come to dinner tomoorw with head of WEF and Bannon?'). This confirms Epstein was hosting dinners bringing together the former Treasury Secretary with Bannon (Trump's former chief strategist) and Klaus Schwab (WEF founder). This pattern of mixing political operatives across partisan lines is consistent with Epstein's intelligence/influence broker role.

Summers warned Epstein about political exposure on Oct 11, 2017: 'Your pal should stay out of press. Public link to manafort will be a disaster. This is a staggering shit show.' This was forwarded in response to a Washington Post article about Trump allies and Manafort. The 'pal' likely refers to Steve Bannon, who Epstein hosted alongside Summers at dinners and who was Epstein's most frequent correspondent (160-1,399 emails across corpora). Summers then asked on Oct 27, 2017 if Epstein had been to Saudi Arabia, and reported attending an event where he spent time with 'Softbank deputy' and 'PIF guy.' He described his life as being among 'the lucrative and louche.' This reveals Summers providing real-time political intelligence and warnings to Epstein about Trump-Russia investigation proximity.

Summers used Epstein as a PR crisis management adviser. When a Kelly Friendly forwarded an article 'A tax loophole for just Jeffrey Epstein?' from Sen. Sanders video (Dec 2, 2017), Summers forwarded it to Epstein with '????' (EFTA02559659). Epstein was also approached by Summers about Joe Lockhart (Glover Park Group, Clinton's former press secretary) as a potential PR adviser: 'Perhaps you should suggest Jefferey talk to Joe Lockhart at the Glover Park Group. He has helped Clinton and General Petraeus' (EFTA02384585, Jan 7, 2015). Summers introduced the two: 'Connecting the two of you' sent to both Epstein and Lockhart (EFTA02347846, Jan 25, 2015). This demonstrates Summers actively facilitated Epstein's crisis management strategy.

Summers asked Epstein for financial advice on cryptocurrency tax avoidance (Jan 8, 2018). Summers wrote: 'This is for me in a minor way and for a pal in a major way. Suppose u own say 1 percent of a company with crypto currency worth a billion. Restrictions of various kinds on ability to sell. Will a charity take it and give u a reasonable valuation. Can u advantageously set up a foundation and donate it? Other schemes.' (EFTA02540589). This shows a former Treasury Secretary consulting a convicted sex offender on tax avoidance strategies for cryptocurrency holdings, asking about charitable donation schemes to avoid restrictions on selling. The 'pal in a major way' suggests Summers was seeking this advice on behalf of a billionaire crypto holder in his network.

December 2018 exchange reveals Summers continuing active engagement with Epstein weeks before 2019 Miami Herald bombshell: Dec 15-21, 2018, Summers asked Epstein 'Is calling from here prudent' (suggesting awareness of surveillance risk), then said 'Yup. Want to discuss the Donald at some point. Curious re Dersh.' The 'Dersh' reference is to Alan Dershowitz, who was actively defending Epstein and had just appeared in the renewed victim litigation. This shows Summers tracking both Trump political developments AND the Epstein-Dershowitz legal situation simultaneously, while maintaining personal contact with Epstein in Palm Beach.

Summers sought Epstein's advice on a personal relationship crisis in March 2019, just months before Epstein's arrest. In the 'Disaster but maybe i' thread (EFTA02637191, Mar 16-17, 2019), Summers revealed to Epstein details about an extramarital relationship including: 'I'm really mad at the deception. Should I just wait for her to call? This guy different. Maybe married or old or something. I sense from body language she is really attracted but he is unsuitable as partner.' Summers discussed 'exit strategy' and wrote 'Sustaining w secrecy hard.' Epstein coached him: 'Just send, happy for the time we spent together -- have fun see you soon.' In the parallel 'Call from New Yorker' thread, Epstein gave relationship advice: 'you should be honest with yourself and ask, what is missing in your life that you are willing to take this risk. excitement? stimulation? thrill of pursuit? personal reaffirmation.' Epstein compared Summers's situation to 'trump firing comey.' This level of intimate personal disclosure gave Epstein significant leverage over Summers.

Pilot Larry Visoki testified under oath that Lawrence Summers was a passenger on Epstein's private aircraft alongside other notable figures including Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, Ehud Barak, and Kevin Spacey. A separate testimony document (EFTA02731420, marked CONFIDENTIAL FOR ATTORNEY'S EYES ONLY) contains a victim statement: 'Both he and Larry Summers are fucking disgusting\!' A related document (EFTA02731721) contains a statement from attorney Jeanne M. Christensen referencing a victim who 'knew Dana Chasin and that is how was flown to NYC the first time (where she had sex with Larry Summers). At a later date, flew with [redacted] and Dana Chasin somewhere else.' These are uncorroborated victim statements from litigation documents. Require independent verification before drawing conclusions.

Epstein's self-description lists Summers at center of his intellectual/power network: 'string theory with YAU, diplomacy with Larsen, economics with Summers, National priorities with President of Mongolia. Legal with Dersho. Finance with Leon Black. domestic politics with Kathy RUemmler. Music with Bottstein. HAcking with vincenzo. Philanthropy with BArnaby from Templeton. Ai with Minsky and Linguistics with Chomsky. movies with woody. mathematics with Misha Gromov. Genius with Jito. China with Josh ramo.' This self-assessment reveals Epstein saw himself as a nexus operator connecting different domains through specialist interlocutors — Summers was his 'economics' node alongside Rod-Larsen (diplomacy), Ruemmler (domestic politics), and Black (finance).