New York (USA), 13 February (LaPresse/AP) – Kathy Ruemmler, lead solicitor for investment bank Goldman Sachs and former White House adviser during Barack Obama's presidency, has announced her resignation after emails exchanged with Jeffrey Epstein revealed a close relationship, in which she described him as an “older brother” and downplayed his sexual crimes. Ruemmler said in a statement that she would ‘step down as general counsel and legal adviser to Goldman Sachs effective 30 June 2026’. In a statement released prior to her resignation, a Goldman Sachs spokesperson said that Ruemmler ‘regrets ever having met’ Epstein.
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