Kathy Ruemmler, the former Obama White House counsel and longtime Goldman Sachs legal executive, faced renewed scrutiny after the House Oversight Committee released the transcript of her July 15 interview about her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Ruemmler acknowledged that associating with Epstein was a mistake, but drew outrage when she said some allegations made by Virginia Giuffre “lacked inherent credibility.” Asked directly whether Giuffre had been victimized by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, Ruemmler said she did not know, although she added that she had no reason to doubt Giuffre’s claim that she had been abused. Ruemmler argued that certain allegations involving numerous world leaders struck her, based on her experience as a prosecutor and defense attorney, as insufficiently specific or substantiated

Investigators also questioned Ruemmler about a 2015 email in which she told Epstein she wanted to consider whether counterclaims could be brought against Giuffre, who was then suing Maxwell for defamation. Ruemmler claimed she did not remember the message and characterized it as a generic attempt to appear responsive to Epstein rather than evidence that she was actively working against Giuffre. Giuffre’s family fiercely rejected Ruemmler’s testimony, accusing her of attacking the credibility of a survivor while attempting to minimize her own relationship with Epstein. Ruemmler’s representative countered that she had expressed skepticism about only certain allegations, not dismissed Giuffre’s entire account of abuse.


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