Details of Former U.S. Treasury Secretary's Pursuit of Daughter of Chinese Communist Official Revealed

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[People News] Lawrence H. Summers, the former U.S. Treasury Secretary, has been implicated in a close relationship with the late billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Following the release of documents related to Epstein by the U.S. Congress last week, it was disclosed that Summers had sought Epstein's advice on several occasions regarding how to pursue Jin Keyu, a Chinese economist. Jin Keyu is the daughter of former Chinese Finance Minister Jin Liqun.

According to a BBC report, Summers resigned from the OpenAI board on November 19, and Harvard University subsequently announced an investigation into his ties with Epstein.

The Associated Press reported that on Monday (November 17), Summers issued a statement saying, "There are many regrets in my life, and my association with Epstein was a significant judgment error." He expressed feeling "deeply ashamed" of his relationship with Epstein and announced his withdrawal from all public engagements.

Summers further stated that he would "rebuild trust and repair relationships with those closest to me," and he was "willing to take full responsibility for the error of continuing to associate with Mr Epstein."

Last week, Congress released additional documents related to Epstein, including emails that revealed Summers' close interactions with Epstein. He not only frequently met and communicated with Epstein but also sought his advice multiple times on how to pursue a female economics student from Beijing.

According to a report by The Harvard Crimson on the 17th, the 20,000 documents from the Epstein files released by a Republican Congressman on the 12th have revealed a close relationship between Lawrence Summers, the former Secretary of the Treasury during the Clinton administration and former President of Harvard University, and Jeffrey Epstein. The documents detail the text messages and emails exchanged between the two from November 2018 to July 5, 2019, indicating that they maintained contact until the day before Epstein's arrest on July 6.

The report identifies the woman involved as Jin Keyu. At 43 years old, Jin Keyu is the daughter of Jin Liqun, a former Minister of Finance of the Chinese Communist Party and an economist. She attended Harvard University from 2000 to 2009, where she earned both a bachelor's and a doctoral degree in economics, and later became a tenured professor at the London School of Economics.

Summers and Jin Keyu appear to have met at an academic conference. For two consecutive days, Summers reported to Epstein about his interactions with Jin Keyu. He noted that he felt he should 'cut off contact' with her, but the following day, he praised her performance at the conference, describing her as intelligent, confident, and charming, jokingly stating, 'I'm done.'

From subsequent correspondence, it can be inferred that Summers later mentioned he believed he would not develop any relationship with Jin Keyu beyond that of 'economics mentor.' He also forwarded an email from Jin Keyu to Epstein, in which she requested Summers' feedback on her academic paper. Summers humorously suggested to Epstein that he should probably refrain from replying to Jin Keyu for the time being, to which Epstein responded, 'She sounds like she’s already starting to rely on you.'

In the subsequent seven months of communication records, Samoos occasionally referred to Jin Keyu as 'peril' in his messages with Epstein. On one occasion, he forwarded an email from Jin Keyu to Epstein, in which she expressed her gratitude to Samoos for his support of her and her father.

Samoos explained in an email to Epstein that during their most recent meeting, he had flattered Jin Keyu's father and noted that other officials from the Chinese Communist Party had done the same.

In March 2019, Samoos expressed his frustration in a message, mentioning that Jin Keyu seemed to be interested in another man; however, they continued to maintain contact because Jin Keyu valued Samoos's professional connections.

By mid-June of that year, messages indicated that Samoos's relationship with Jin Keyu still appeared unresolved, and Epstein responded in a text: 'She is destined to follow you!'

Samoos, now 70 years old, has been married to his second wife, American writer and scholar Elisa New, since 2005.

Due to his involvement in the Epstein scandal, Lawrence Summers has stepped down from several public positions, including his role on the board of the Centre for Global Development, the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Yale University's Budget Lab, and the board of the Hamilton Project under the Brookings Institution.

Reports indicate that Ghislaine Maxwell has declined to comment on the months-long email correspondence. In the emails released by the House of Representatives related to Epstein, she did not mention any romantic relationship with Summers.

Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to charges of soliciting minors for prostitution and served time in a Florida prison, where he was also registered as a sex offender. In 2019, he was indicted on federal charges related to the trafficking of minors for sexual purposes. However, Epstein died by suicide while awaiting trial, leading many to believe that the circumstances of his death were not straightforward.
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