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[I had a professional association with Jeffrey Epstein when] it was my job to engage with people and companies that had serious legal and public relations problems. Many were under criminal investigation, and many had been convicted of crimes. I did not advocate on his behalf to any third party—not to a court, not to the press, not to the government. [He referred clients to me and] also informally reached out to me for advice from time to time just as he did with numerous other prominent lawyers throughout the country.
As I have said, I regret ever knowing him, and I have enormous sympathy for the victims of Epstein’s crimes.
— Kathryn Ruemmler, chief legal officer of Goldman Sachs, in comments given to the Wall Street Journal, concerning her association with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. John Rogers, the powerful executive at Goldman, was reportedly crafting a “contingency plan” for Ruemmler’s exit given her Epstein connections, but in a statement, he told the Journal, “That is completely untrue.”
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