Summers for years communicated with Epstein on topics from relationships to President Donald Trump, according to emails released by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The documents revealed exchanges with a series of high-profile figures, including other academics, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and Peter Mandelson, who was fired this year from his post as the UK ambassador to the U.S. Epstein died in prison in 2019 after being arrested on charges of sex trafficking minors. His death was ruled a suicide.