{"id":342203,"date":"2025-11-27T19:07:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dana.nwar.uk\/sa\/jeffrey-epstein-emails-with-goldman-lawyer-show-deeper-relationship\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T19:07:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:07:43","slug":"jeffrey-epstein-emails-with-goldman-lawyer-show-deeper-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/jeffrey-epstein-emails-with-goldman-lawyer-show-deeper-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffrey Epstein Emails With Goldman Lawyer Show Deeper Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When high-powered Democratic attorney Kathryn Ruemmler \u2014 now the top lawyer at Goldman Sachs \u2014 needed to vent about Donald Trump\u2019s rise in politics, she turned to their mutual acquaintance, Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump is living proof of the adage that it is better to be lucky than smart,\u201d she told Epstein in an email in August 2015, while planning a visit to his Manhattan mansion.<\/p>\n

Later, Ruemmler expressed alarm about Trump\u2019s climb in the polls.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Trump success is seriously scary,\u201d she wrote in February 2016.<\/p>\n

The two chatted frequently about the 2016 presidential election and transition. (In one email, Ruemmler seemed to criticize Trump\u2019s Cabinet picks as \u201cmoronic.\u201d) They shared gripes well into Trump\u2019s first term, as well as news articles on everything from Trump\u2019s approach to Big Tech to the Mueller investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump is truly stupid,\u201d Ruemmler wrote in one 2017 email. \u201cTrump is so gross,\u201d she said a few months earlier.<\/p>\n

The emails, released by the House Oversight Committee this week, were exchanged during Trump\u2019s first term in office and before Ruemmler joined Goldman Sachs five years ago.<\/p>\n

Ruemmler has previously said she regrets her association with Epstein.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u200b\u200bThe personal emails exclusively occurred before Kathy worked at Goldman Sachs, when Ms. Ruemmler was the global head of the White Collar Defense practice at Latham and Watkins,\u201d Goldman Sachs spokesperson Tony Fratto told Business Insider Thursday. \u201cAs we\u2019ve said before, and has been repeatedly reported, Ms. Ruemmler had a professional relationship with Mr. Epstein when she was at Latham & Watkins.\u201d<\/p>\n

The newly released emails suggest a deeper relationship between Ruemmler and Epstein than was previously known.<\/p>\n

Ruemmler confided in Epstein when a rival law firm tried to poach her, when looking for a New York City apartment, and when she was being vetted for consideration as attorney general of the United States. She also turned to him for minor issues, like what it\u2019s like to fly Emirates, the airline.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I go to Dubai on Emirates, do I need to go first or is business class good enough given that I only care about sleeping?\u201d Ruemmler asked Epstein after telling him Apple had hired her for a patent lawsuit.<\/p>\n

Epstein said \u201cbiz is ok,\u201d but offered her a ride on a friend\u2019s private jet. Ruemmler said she\u2019d stick with the commercial airline.<\/p>\n

A legal star feted by Epstein<\/h2>\n

The exchanges span from 2014, shortly after Ruemmler left her job as White House Counsel under President Barack Obama, until June 2019, a month before Epstein was arrested on sex-trafficking charges. Nothing in the emails, which the House Oversight Committee obtained from Epstein\u2019s estate, suggests Ruemmler had knowledge of the alleged conduct.<\/p>\n

At the time, Ruemmler worked at the Big Law firm Latham & Watkins, which had previously said Epstein was never a client of the firm; it did not respond to requests for comment about the latest emails.<\/p>\n

Ruemmler was widely viewed as a legal star in the Democratic Party. CEO was floated as a possible Supreme Court pick<\/a> and had served as a lawyer in Bill Clinton\u2019s White House.<\/p>\n

Ruemmler moved to Goldman Sachs in 2020 and now serves as the investment bank\u2019s chief legal officer and general counsel. She serves on Goldman Sachs\u2019 Firmwide Reputational Risk Committee, according to the bank\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Epstein \u2014 a financier with connections to titans of finance, science, and global politics \u2014 killed himself in his Manhattan jail cell while awaiting trial in 2019. He had previously pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting an underage girl for sex.<\/p>\n

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The House Oversight Committee has been releasing files that it has subpoenaed from Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s estate.<\/p>\n

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It is unclear from the emails whether Epstein ever hired Ruemmler as a lawyer. At least three emails from Ruemmler to Epstein were redacted for what was described as \u201cprivilege.\u201d A lawyer for the executors of Epstein\u2019s estate, which provided the emails to the House Oversight Committee, did not respond to a request for comment about the redactions.<\/p>\n

On several occasions, Epstein looped Ruemmler into email discussions with other prominent attorneys he had personally hired, including Alan Dershowitz, Ken Starr, Martin Weinberg, and Darren Indyke.<\/p>\n

Epstein and Ruemmler often emailed each other asking to speak on the phone. He included her in emails with other attorneys about responding to press inquiries about his relationship with Trump and Clinton. Epstein also forwarded to her a plan that the writer Michael Wolff presented to him in 2016 about countering the impending negative press from the James Patterson book \u201cFilthy Rich,\u201d which is about Epstein.<\/p>\n

In a January 2019 draft of his will, Epstein named Ruemmler as the backup executor to his estate, according to a copy released by the House Oversight Committee earlier this year. The final edition of the will, completed while Epstein was incarcerated and shortly before his death, replaced her with Boris Nikolic, a former scientific advisor to Bill Gates. Epstein\u2019s estate was ultimately co-executed by his first choice: Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn.<\/p>\n

To be or not to be Attorney General<\/h2>\n

In October 2014, news publications reported<\/a> that Ruemmler turned down an offer from then-President Barack Obama to serve as the head of the Justice Department, replacing Eric Holder.<\/p>\n

Some of the most intense discussions between Epstein and Ruemmler took place in the weeks leading up to it the public announcement that Holder would step down<\/a>even Ruemmler considered whether to take his job. Epstein compared the indecision to Shakespeare\u2019s \u201cHamlet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ruemmler said she had recently found a high-rent apartment in New York. And she was unsure she would secure enough votes to be confirmed in the US Senate.<\/p>\n

\u201cI signed the lease in my name for a year, so I think I\u2019m pretty stuck,\u201d she told Epstein. \u201cIt is $11,000 a month and Latham reimburses $8,000 a month.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kathryn Ruemmler, on the left, served as White House Counsel during President Barack Obama\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n

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Days before The White House\u2019s public announcement about Holder stepping down, Ruemmler confided in Epstein that she wanted to lead the nation\u2019s most powerful law enforcement agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I should do it,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

At another point in the discussion, Epstein advised Ruemmler to \u201ctalk to the boss\u201d about taking the job.<\/p>\n

\u201cAgreed, but I need to be prepared to say yes before I talk to him,\u201d Ruemmler responded.<\/p>\n

In the same conversation, Epstein offered to introduce her to powerful people in his network, including Leon Black, Woody Allen, Peter Thiel, Larry Summers, and Nikolic.<\/p>\n

Earlier, in 2016, Ruemmler had sought other career advice from Epstein. She forwarded emails from a recruiter with Hogan Lovells, another big law firm, seeking to hire her.<\/p>\n

Epstein suggested she push for more details about compensation.<\/p>\n

\u201cask him for a financial proposal,\u201d he wrote. \u201cSubject to mutually acceptable conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some of the emails are cryptic. On one occasion, Epstein asked, \u201chow did Musk call go?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I think, but not because of me,\u201d Ruemmler responded. \u201cThe existential crisis thing is not a PMS or menopausal pose.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a July 2018 email, Ruemmler sent a context-free message to Epstein about Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour boy should distance himself from Trump. Quick,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n