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Gifts and Soup From ‘Uncle Jeffrey’: The Epstein Ties that Ended the Run of Goldman Sachs’ Top Lawyer

Ruemmler is stepping down after emails revealed gifts and social ties with Epstein, raising conflict-of-interest concerns for Goldman Sachs' top legal officer.

  • Following recent reporting, Kathy Ruemmler, Goldman Sachs general counsel, said she will step down after emails revealed a closer relationship with Jeffrey Epstein; Goldman Sachs will oversee a transition through June 30.
  • In recent weeks, documents show a deeper relationship, with email exchanges, social plans, and gifts between Ruemmler and Epstein, involving roughly 8,400 documents.
  • Detailed messages show personal gestures like prepaid spa care and sent flowers, including Epstein prepaying a 2016 spa treatment, October 2018 flowers and chicken soup, and naming Ruemmler backup executor.
  • Senior lawyers privately questioned the firm’s previous high regard for Ruemmler, and David Solomon said he respected her decision to resign amid scrutiny.
  • Ruemmler’s past roles include federal prosecutor and White House counsel; she joined Goldman Sachs in 2020 and became top lawyer in 2021, raising questions about gift and conflict rules.
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The Emirati man behind the "torture video" also resigns. The Lolita Express stopped at Buckingham Palace. More trouble for Starmer. Now that the Epstein wave has become a tsunami, it's harder to pretend nothing happened. Yesterday, another high-profile figure rolled: Kathryn Ruemmler, former advisor to President Barack Obama and current chief legal officer at Goldman Sachs, announced her resignation. Although she described her relationship with …

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