Goldman Sachs’ outgoing general counsel Kathryn Ruemmler was asked Tuesday to testify before the House Oversight Committee about her ties to Jeffrey Epstein, escalating a congressional probe into the late financier and sex offender’s elite network.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) wrote in a letter reviewed by The Post that the panel believes Ruemmler holds key insights for its wide-ranging Epstein investigation.
She was set to appear for the congressional grilling on April 21. It would come after high-profile appearances from Bill and Hillary Clinton last week before the committee.
The existence of the letter was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.
“Ms. Ruemmler welcomes the opportunity to appear before the Committee. At the time she interacted with Jeffrey Epstein, she was a practicing criminal defense attorney and shared a client with him,” a rep for the top lawyer told The Post. “She has done nothing wrong and had no knowledge of any ongoing criminal activity on his part.”
A Goldman Sachs spokesperson declined to comment.
Ruemmler, a former Obama White House counsel, announced last month that she would step down from Goldman later this year amid mounting revelations about her Epstein connections.
She maintains the relationship was purely professional — sharing a client and occasionally advising him — but that she regrets knowing the financier who died in jail in 2019 while awaiting a sex trafficking trial.
Ruemmler’s name surfaced in reporting by the Journal as one of Epstein’s closest post-conviction regulars, despite his 2008 guilty plea to soliciting a minor for prostitution.
Epstein listed her as backup executor in a 2019 draft of a will, called her the night of his arrest, and exchanged chatty emails laced with luxury gifts — tens of thousands of dollars in wine, handbags, and more.
She dubbed the creep “Uncle Jeffrey” and “sweetie,” describing him as “another older brother” in one missive.
Ruemmler joined Goldman in 2020 after disclosing the connection to executives, who said they conducted due diligence and were “satisfied.”
CEO David Solomon stood by her, calling her an “excellent lawyer” amid a media firestorm that was sparked by a Justice Department document dump regarding the dead pedophile.
But the continued drip of negative stories fueled unease among the financial giant’s partners, with her role seen as a distraction, according to Bloomberg.
“I made the determination that the media attention on me, relating to my prior work as a defence attorney, was becoming a distraction,” Ruemmler said of her planned June 30 exit to the Financial Times.
Her resignation marks high-profile Wall Street fallout from Epstein’s relationships with the elite of global finance, politics, and business.
Britain’s Peter Mandelson lost his plum role as the UK ambassador to the United States after fresh information emerged about his relationship with the shady financier.
Ruemmler’s testimony could shed light on his access to power players on both sides of the Atlantic, after the pair was found to be sharing their thoughts on media strategy and career advice in their lengthy correspondence.
Epstein’s 2019 death — ruled a suicide but dogged by conspiracy theories — followed his arrest on charges of running a sex-trafficking ring involving minors. His British madam, socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, is currently serving a 20-year term on similar charges.
Ruemmler’s White House stint under Obama burnished her elite resume, leading to a stint at the prestigious law firm Latham & Watkins before she joined Goldman.
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