'She saw dollar signs': Former Obama counsel pressed over years-long Epstein ties
Former Obama White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler faced a bipartisan grilling in the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday with members of the panel questioning her account of her years-long relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Ruemmler, who recently resigned as Goldman Sachs' top lawyer amid scrutiny over her ties to Epstein, voluntarily appeared for a closed-door interview as part of the committee's probe into Epstein and his longtime associate, convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.Lawmakers in both parties dismissed her claim that her relationship with Epstein was limited, while Democrats argued she should have been interviewed under oath."She was desperately trying to distance herself from Epstein, but the reality is, we have the emails," Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., a member of the oversight panel, told Fox News Digital.
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Former Obama White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler faced a bipartisan grilling in the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday with members of the panel questioning her account of her years-long relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Ruemmler, who recently resigned as Goldman Sachs' top lawyer amid scrutiny over her ties to Epstein, voluntarily appeared for a closed-door interview as part of the committee's probe into Epstein and his longtime associate, convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.Lawmakers in both parties dismissed her claim that her relationship with Epstein was limited, while Democrats argued she should have been interviewed under oath."She was desperately trying to distance herself from Epstein, but the reality is, we have the emails," Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., a member of the oversight panel, told Fox News Digital. "It's very clear that she had a pretty friendly relationship with him."CLINTON JUDGE ORDERS DOJ TO UNSEAL THE EPSTEIN FILES IT HAS BEEN KEEPING HIDDEN"Even when we presented her with the emails, all she could say was that she either showed poor judgment or that her jokes about his massages were in poor taste," he said. "She also admitted that she knew about the massages.
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- Former Obama White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler faced a bipartisan grilling in the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday with members of the panel questioning her account of her years-long relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Ruemmler, who recently resigned as Goldman Sachs' top lawyer amid scrutiny over her ties to Epstein, voluntarily appeared for a closed-door interview as part of the committee's probe into Epstein and his longtime associate, convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.Lawmakers in both parties dismissed her claim that her relationship with Epstein was limited, while Democrats argued she should have been interviewed under oath."She was desperately trying to distance herself from Epstein, but the reality is, we have the emails," Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., a member of the oversight panel, told Fox News Digital.
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