Kathryn Ruemmler

Key Findings

• EFTA01266134: Named successor trustee of the Jeffrey E. Epstein 2019 Trust, first in line to fill a vacancy after Darren Indyke or Richard Kahn (not the 2018 Trust, which this 2019 instrument explicitly revoked)
• Former White House Counsel under President Barack Obama, 2011-2014 (external/Ruemmler-Final-Transcript_Redact-7.28.26.pdf, House Oversight interview, July 15, 2026)
• Goldman Sachs chief legal officer and general counsel from March 2021 (external/Ruemmler-Final-Transcript_Redact-7.28.26.pdf, House Oversight interview, July 15, 2026)
• EFTA00482502: Called Jeffrey Epstein 'Uncle Jeffrey' - 'Thank you to Uncle Jeffrey!!!' - pet name showing familial closeness
• EFTA00997714: Jeffrey Epstein BRAGGED about Ruemmler on AG shortlist, forwarded to Jes Staley and Ariane de Rothschild
• EFTA02383503: Ruemmler sent DRAFT STATEMENT declining AG nomination to Jeffrey Epstein for review
• EFTA00319913/EFTA00819729: $9,350 Hermes bag purchased for Ruemmler, dispatch email subject line 'Hermes Bag shipping to Kathy!!'
• EFTA01132579: Michael Wolff noted Ruemmler withdrew from AG consideration 'in part to work with Epstein'
• EFTA00998197: Jeffrey Epstein: 'ruemmler looking better as Attorney General' - tracking her nomination
• In February 2026, announced she would step down as Goldman Sachs chief legal officer and general counsel effective end of June, amid EFTA scrutiny: 'in February of 2026, I announced that I would be stepping down from those roles at the end of June' (external/Ruemmler-Final-Transcript_Redact-7.28.26.pdf, House Oversight interview, July 15, 2026)
• Called to testify before the House Oversight Committee: TI-Request letters dated Mar 3, 2026 sent the same day to Ruemmler, Bill Gates, Leon Black, and Ted Waitt (external/03.3.2026-Ruemmler-TI-Request.pdf, external/3.3.26-Bill-Gates-TI-Request.pdf, external/03.3.2026-Leon-Black-TI-Request.pdf, external/03.3.26-Waitt-TI-Request-Letter.pdf). Gave a voluntary transcribed interview July 15, 2026 (external/Ruemmler-Final-Transcript_Redact-7.28.26.pdf). Spokeswoman claimed she 'has done nothing wrong' and her Jeffrey Epstein interactions occurred while she was a criminal defense attorney (external source, not in EFTA corpus).
• EFTA02620106/EFTA02620157/EFTA02620292 (Oct 22-23, 2018): Jeffrey Epstein asked 'how did the wigdor end up?' - Ruemmler replied she was 'at Wigdor until after 6 pm' and 'Resolved it for a price wel[l] below the client's walk away so they are thrilled.' Also discussed a 'brad meeting' and Google matter scheduled for 11/1
• EFTA01612358/EFTA01612486 (June 2-18, 2019): Jeffrey Epstein tried to connect Dan Nardello (PI firm) with Ruemmler weeks before his arrest, Nardello texted 'I never heard from Kathy Rummler.' Jeffrey Epstein pushed: 'Ok ill send message. you will.' Nardello later confirmed: 'I did and she will fill you in'
• EFTA02811664 (Apr 2023): Jes Staley sworn interrogatory, lists Kathryn Ruemmler as a client Jeffrey Epstein referred to JPMorgan (USVI v. JPMorgan)
• EFTA02812502 (Aug 2023): JPMorgan admits Jeffrey Epstein was involved in establishing a customer relationship with Kathryn Ruemmler
• EFTA02814627 (Aug 2023): Undisputed that Jeffrey Epstein introduced and referred Burch, Ruemmler, and Maxwell to JPMorgan Private Bank
• EFTA02811806: JPMorgan confirms Jeffrey Epstein had involvement in establishing customer relationships between JPMC private bank and Maxwell and Ruemmler
• EFTA02071424 (Sep 2015): Lesley Groff arranged and Jeffrey Epstein paid for Ruemmler's hair appointments at Frédéric Fekkai salon on Fifth Avenue, 'the appointment was actually for Kathy Ruemmler...Jeffrey paid for her appointments as a gift.' Multiple EFTA emails show $660 cut-and-color, $95 blowouts, recurring salon visits 2015-2019 all on Jeffrey Epstein's account
• EFTA00625093: Received confidential "Jeffrey Epstein Case History" memo from defense attorney Martin Weinberg, a sanitized narrative claiming minors "lied about their age," encounters were "consensual and not coercive," and there were "no real victims." Shows Jeffrey Epstein's defense team actively briefing Ruemmler with a PR-ready, victim-blaming version of events.
• usvi-v-jpmorgan Docs 221, 263-att16: JPMorgan formally admits "Epstein was involved in the establishment of a customer relationship with Kathryn Ruemmler." In Feb 2019, Lesley Groff offered to introduce Mary Erdoes to Ruemmler because Epstein thought the two "would bond"; Erdoes escalated the referral to JPMorgan General Counsel Stacey Friedman, who responded she "is a rock star litigator at . . . I would think she would be a great client." On JPM client list alongside Maxwell, Gates, Black, Musk.
• EFTA02213143 / EFTA02213163 / EFTA02212889 (May 18–19, 2017): Ruemmler confirmed 5pm availability to Groff's office, then was scheduled for 5:30pm at 9 East 71st Street alongside Paul Weiss chairman Brad Karp. Karp confirmed he could stay about one hour. Meeting was listed on Jeffrey Epstein's official daily schedule alongside Leon Black breakfast, Ehud Barak 4pm, and Paul Barrett (JPMorgan) 5pm.
• Testified before the House Oversight Committee (July 15, 2026), calling Jeffrey Epstein a "masterful liar" and denying she saw evidence of abuse; had announced she was stepping down as Goldman Sachs general counsel earlier in 2026 after her ties surfaced (external/Ruemmler-Final-Transcript_Redact-7.28.26.pdf).
• House Oversight interview (data/transcripts/kathryn-ruemmler-interview.html): questioned on whether Jeffrey Epstein's 'intense interest' in her career move was 'just because he wanted you to represent the Rothschilds and you could be not doing so by taking this position', she answered 'That's what I believed at the time.' Jeffrey Epstein asserted the same Rothschild mandate to Peter Thiel in writing in Feb 2016 (EFTA00832976)
• House Oversight interview (July 15, 2026): named the clients Jeffrey Epstein referred to her at Latham & Watkins. Apollo, over a civil dispute, which billed 'Oh, zero. We had a conflict, and so we were unable to do the case'; 'an individual who had been indicted in California in connection with a corporate acquisition'; 'the Rothschild client was referred to me'; and a referral 'relating to this donor advised fund that he was working on with Mr. Gates' (external/Ruemmler-Final-Transcript_Redact-7.28.26.pdf)
• Same interview, on total billings from the Jeffrey Epstein referral book: 'Tens of thousands? Hundreds of thousands? Millions?' / 'I don't -- again, I don't remember the specific amount for the Rothschild representation. My best recollection is that it was the single-digit millions.' The firm that billed it was Latham & Watkins, not Goldman Sachs; asked separately 'Did Epstein ever help you in attaining your position at Goldman in 2020?' she answered 'No, he did not.' (external/Ruemmler-Final-Transcript_Redact-7.28.26.pdf)