By Michael S. Derby

Dec 2 (Reuters) – A top economic organization said former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers now has a lifetime ban amid the ongoing fallout from his close association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The American Economic Association said Tuesday it had imposed a lifetime and complete ban on former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers’ participation in its activities. The group also said in a statement that Summers had voluntarily resigned from the group.

Summers, who served as Treasury Secretary in the Clinton administration before returning to Harvard University, has in recent days also exited the board of artificial intelligence company OpenAI, while also pulling back from teaching and other work at Harvard.

Emails released by the U.S. House Oversight C

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