The Door

 Does the name Larry Summers ring a bell? 

No? He was Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to 2001. He was also the director of the National Economic Council from 2009 to 2010.

Still no?

President of Harvard University from 2001 to 2006? 

Economics professor at Harvard? 

Still no? 

Okay, well maybe you'll remember him from such bravura performances as, “I am deeply ashamed of my actions and recognize the pain they have caused. I take full responsibility for my misguided decision to continue communicating with Mr. Epstein."  As a result of his name popping up all over the recently released Epstein emails, he warbled, “While continuing to fulfill my teaching obligations, I will be stepping back from public commitments as one part of my broader effort to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me.”

The revealed correspondence includes Summers making sexist comments and seeking Epstein’s romantic advice. Sort of like a pedo-Hitch, with Jeffery Epstein taking the Will Smith role. 

Which was enough to have Senator Elizabeth Warren call for Summer's resignation from Harvard: “For decades, Larry Summers has demonstrated his attraction to serving the wealthy and well-connected, but his willingness to cozy up to a convicted sex offender demonstrates monumentally bad judgment. If he had so little ability to distance himself from Jeffrey Epstein even after all that was publicly known about Epstein’s sex offenses involving underage girls, then Summers cannot be trusted to advise our nation’s politicians, policymakers, and institutions — or teach a generation of students at Harvard or anywhere else.” 

"Stepping back" would not seem to be enough for the Massachusetts Senator. More like, "don't let the door hit you on the way out."

A little like the message sent to Andrew, who is no longer prince of anything. 

So if you're wondering about precedence, look no further. Sure, we could get boxes and boxes of flight records and video and visitor logs, but how much more proof do we need that the convicted felon, star of his own Access Hollywood admission tape, and adjudicated rapist needs to be shown the same door?