Among those who have stepped down are Kathy Ruemmler, Peter Mandelson, Morgan McSweeney, Brad Karp and Larry Summers after their past links surfaced in millions of emails, photographs and internal documents made public by the DOJ. Brad Karp resigned as chairman of Paul Weiss after emails detailed social meetings with Epstein and a request to help place his son in a job. 3 5 Larry Summers (Wikipedia)Larry Summers had already resigned from the OpenAI board and from Santander in late 2025 after references to Epstein emerged, saying the move was aimed at restoring trust. Tim Allan, Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s director of communications, resigned shortly after McSweeney to enable a Downing Street team reset amid the scandal’s fallout. In India, Opposition Congress demanded the resignation of Union minister Hardeep Puri for his alleged links to Epstein.

Source: The Telegraph February 13, 2026 12:47 UTC