Goldman Sachs Normal Counsel Kathy Ruemmler allegedly had an affair with Jeffrey Epstein’s private legal professional Reid Weingarten, based on the most recent tranche of paperwork launched by the Division of Justice.
In an e-mail from June 15, 2015, Weingarten’s spouse Cheryl Gould writes to Ruemmler: “I hope now=you’ll find true happiness with out having a relationship with another person’s husband… i’m the=type of lady who loves the sisterhood, not girls who sleep with and fall i[n] love with another person’s husband…”
One other e-mail, despatched the identical day by Gould to Ruemmler, who was Obama’s White Home counsel, reads, “Reid has confessed his sec[r]ets and lies. He has informed me that his relationship with you has brought about him m[i]sery.
“Keep away earlier than you handle to destroy him utterly. You have no di[g]nity or satisfaction.”
Sources with data of the connection declare it started when each Ruemmler and Weingarten had been single and that Weingarten confessed his emotions for Ruemmler to his spouse after they married. These sources add that Ruemmler was blindsided by the emails and by no means responded. It’s unclear when the connection between Ruemmler and Weingarten ended.
The Put up has reached out to Weingarten, Gould and Ruemmler for remark.
Whereas it’s unclear when Weingarten and Gould married, studies from as early as 2005 referred to them as a pair.
Gould labored at NBC for practically 4 many years as a journalist and was the first feminine government producer of a nightly primetime newscast.
Weingarten, now a companion at Steptoe & Johnson, was Epstein’s main legal professional in 2019 after federal sex-trafficking expenses had been introduced in opposition to the disgraced financier and continued to characterize Epstein’s pursuits following his loss of life that very same yr. In keeping with emails, the two had additionally communicated about authorized and private issues for practically a decade.
On Jan. 30, the DOJ launched greater than 3 million extra pages of Epstein’s paperwork as a part of its launch of the Epstein recordsdata.
The newest e-mail dump suggests simply how shut Ruemmler — who now serves as Goldman Sachs’ normal counsel — was to Epstein.
The emails present Epstein offered Ruemmler with lavish items totaling over $20,000 — together with a Hermès purse, spa therapies and Bergdorf Goodman present playing cards — whereas she supplied him casual recommendation on managing his sex-trafficking case fallout, together with serving to draft public statements and advising on press inquiries associated to accuser Virginia Giuffre.
Ruemmler, who served as White Home counsel beneath President Obama earlier than getting into personal follow at Latham & Watkins, referred to Epstein as “Uncle Jeffrey” in a number of emails and wrote that she “adored” him, assembly him dozens of instances at his Manhattan townhouse and probably becoming a member of him on worldwide journeys.
Whereas her ties to Epstein have been public for years, these new emails reveal each a degree of intimacy with Epstein in addition to the affair allegations.
The Put up beforehand reported that Ruemmler, a former Obama White Home counsel who referred to herself as Epstein’s lawyer in a single e-mail, maintained an in depth relationship with the disgraced financier.
