Larry Summers, the former treasury secretary and noted economist, announced Wednesday he plans to resign from his role as a tenured professor at Harvard University — a move that comes amid growing scr...

Former Harvard President Larry Summers has reportedly retired from his academic and faculty appointments following the surfacing of the Epstein Files.

"I have made the difficult decision to retire from my Harvard professorship at the end of this academic year," Summers said in a statement obtained by CNBC.