Latest Epstein Release Catches Goldman’s Top Lawyer In Massive Lie

Earlier this month the Wall Street Journal reported that there was an internal debate at Goldman Sachs over whether to get rid of General Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler over her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. 

Ruemmler, a former White House attorney for Obama, told Goldman execs when they hired her in April 2020 that the relationship was purely professional – yet it would later become public that she not only met with Epstein dozens of times and exchanged friendly emails for years, she was listed as an executor of Epstein’s will as recently as Jan. 18, 2019 – which had been removed before he died in prison on Aug. 10 of that year.

She also denied having ever helped Epstein with PR, telling the outlet “I did not advocate on his behalf to any third party—not to a court, not to the press, not to the government.”

Turns out that was a total lie. 

On Friday, the DOJ released over 3 million pages of Epstein documents, including one in which Ruemmler was helping draft statements to help Epstein counter claims that he got a “sweetheart deal” when he was allowed to plead guilty to minor charges in a 2007-2008 sex trafficking case involving dozens of underage girls. 

Epstein email confirms what we wrote in December, Kathy Ruemmler was helping draft potential Epstein statements dismissing claims he got a “sweetheart deal” to outlets like Washington Post. pic.twitter.com/rmfk1IG8Z1

— Andrew Kaczynski (@KFILE) January 30, 2026

We also found out that their relationship was far from ‘purely professional’ – as the Washington Free Beacon reported Friday that Epstein showered her with luxury gifts – including a $9,400 Hermes handbag, a Hermes-branded Apple watch, and a spa treatment package at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington DC. 

The documents released Friday show otherwise. In emails ranging from 2014 to 2019, Ruemmler routinely corresponded with Epstein’s associates to accept gifts or express her gratitude to Epstein. In some cases, she asked for specific items.

The priciest gift likely came in August 2016, when Epstein purchased Ruemmler a $9,400 handbag from the French luxury brand Hermes. Epstein took a particular interest in ensuring Ruemmler received the bag, directing one of his associates, Lesley Groff, to “confirm receipt with Kathy” and “follow up to make sure it happens.” When Ruemmler received the bag, she wrote to Groff, “OH MY GOD!!!!! He is in so much trouble!!!! I am dying. It is so beautiful,” as Groff relayed to Epstein. Used versions of the same bag—a Jypsiere 31—now sell for around $5,000.

The bag:

The emails:

Two years later, Epstein styled Ruemmler with the Hermes edition of the Apple Watch – which retails for $1,300. In response, she said the gift was “so sweet of Jeffrey!” 

“If truly okay with him to do the Hermes, I would love the 40 mm, stainless Hermes with bleu indigo swift leather double tour,” she wrote at the time. “I’ll wear that one every day, whereas the sportier ones I would likely only wear on weekends or when exercising, etc.”

As for the spa treatment, Epstein booked a “full half day” at the Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown in August 2016 – writing to an associate “she won her case and needs some pampering,” to which an associate replied “Kathy will go either today or tomorrow she says…”

The Free Beacon reports further:

Epstein appeared to provide other gifts of unknown value to Ruemmler. In December 2014, an Epstein associate emailed Ruemmler to inform her that Epstein planned to send his housekeeper to “deliver your ring to you!!” In February 2019, an Epstein associate sent a reminder email to an unidentified individual reading, “Reminder: Bottle of wine and note card to be delivered to Ruemmler today. Let me know once it has been delivered so I can tell Jeffrey.”

Months after that email, Epstein was arrested in July 2019 and charged with sex trafficking minors. 

After graduaating from Georgetown University Law Center, Ruemmler served in the Obama White House from 2011-2014, after which she returned to law firm Latham and Watkins. She joined Goldman in 2020 as a partner, and became chief legal officer and general counsel in 2021 – where she also advises CEO David Solomon. 

After an April 2023 report in the Journal detailing the more extensive connections between Ruemmler and Epstein – including how the two had “met dozens of times, that Epstein had visited apartments she was considering buying and that he offered assistance with her travel planning,” including a 2017 plan to take her to ‘pedo island,’ bankers complained to senior management – pointing out that she had a role on the firm’s reputational risk committee. The bankers were essentially told to stand down. 

Will Goldman continue to stand behind their Epstein gal-pal top lawyer?