Epstein files: Goldman Sachs top lawyer Kathy Ruemmler to step down after email fallout
Published Thu, Feb 12 2026
8:31 PM EST
Updated 1 Min Ago
Dan Mangan@_DanManganWATCH LIVEKey Points
- Top Goldman Sachs lawyer Kathy Ruemmler will leave the investment bank after the recent release of additional documents detailing her often chummy conversations with notorious sex predator Jeffrey Epstein.
- Goldman had defended Ruemmler for several months after the Department of Justice initially released emails between her and Epstein, as well as other documents related to investigations of him.
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FILE PHOTO: White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler listens as President Barack Obama speaks at an installation ceremony for FBI Director James Comey at FBI Headquarters in Washington, Monday, Oct. 28, 2013.
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Top Goldman Sachs lawyer Kathy Ruemmler will leave the investment bank after the recent release of additional documents detailing her often chummy conversations with notorious sex predator Jeffrey Epstein, her spokeswoman said Thursday night.
Goldman had defended Ruemmler for several months after the Department of Justice initially released emails between her and Epstein, as well as other documents related to investigations of him.
Her departure from Goldman comes days after The Wall Street Journal reported that Ruemmler was one of three people whom Epstein called on July 6, 2019, after being arrested by federal authorities on child sex trafficking charges at an airport in New Jersey. The Journal's report cites a handwritten set of notes by law enforcement about comments Epstein made inside an FBI vehicle after his arrest.
Those notes are among documents released in late January by the Department of Justice, CNBC has confirmed.
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