Harvard University will open a new probe into former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers’ connections with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after newly released documents revealed the two shared an “unusually close relationship for years”.

Axar.az informs, ciitng Reuters, Harvard spokesperson Jonathan Swain wrote in a statement to The Harvard Crimson that “the University is conducting a review of information concerning individuals at Harvard included in the newly released Jeffrey Epstein documents to evaluate what actions may be warranted.”

Summers, a former president of Harvard University and where he is now a professor, told the Crimson on Monday that he will step back from all public commitments, days after President Donald Trump ordered the US Justice Department to investigate his and other prominent Democrats’ ties to Epstein. Trump has said he had no connection to Epstein’s crimes.

The House Oversight Committee released thousands of files related to Epstein last Wednesday, including documents that showed personal correspondence between Summers and Epstein.

The university investigation will look into all other Harvard affiliates implicated across the documents released by the House, including Summers’ wife and nearly a dozen other Harvard affiliates past and present, the Crimson said.

The probe will cover any new information revealed in the Wednesday files, including the hundreds of messages Summers and Epstein exchanged over women, politics, and Harvard-related initiatives, it said.