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民主党议员断言鲁姆勒知道爱泼斯坦“不是品行端正之人”，却被“美元符号”蒙蔽双眼
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前奥巴马白宫法律顾问凯瑟琳·鲁姆勒周三在众议院监督委员会接受两党质询，委员会成员就她与已故定罪性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦多年交往的说法提出质疑。
鲁姆勒近期因与爱泼斯坦的关联遭到审查，刚辞去高盛首席法律顾问一职。她主动出席了闭门采访，这是委员会对爱泼斯坦及其长期同伙、定罪性人口贩运者吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦展开调查的一部分。
两党议员都不认同她所说的与爱泼斯坦交往有限的说法，而民主党人则认为她应该在宣誓后接受询问。
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“她拼命想和爱泼斯坦划清界限，但现实是，我们掌握了邮件，”监督委员会成员、弗吉尼亚州民主党众议员苏哈斯·苏布拉马尼亚姆告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“很明显，她和他的关系相当友好。”
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2026年7月15日，华盛顿国会山，前高盛总法律顾问、前巴拉克·奥巴马总统白宫法律顾问凯瑟琳·鲁姆勒抵达众议院监督委员会闭门听证会现场。（塔索斯·卡托波迪斯/盖蒂图片社）
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“即便我们向她出示了邮件，她也只能说自己判断力不佳，或是她拿他的按摩玩笑开得不得体，”他说。“她也承认自己知道那些按摩行为，只是不知道当时对方是未成年女孩。”
“她当然知道这不是一个品行端正之人，知道他是性犯罪者且有相关登记记录，”他补充道。“但她眼里只有美元符号，于是决定无视这一切，只因为他有钱有势。”
周三的采访此前，司法部公布的邮件显示，爱泼斯坦2008年因引诱未成年人定罪多年后，鲁姆勒仍多次与他会面，互发邮件并赠送礼物。
两人最初在2014年建立联系，当时鲁姆琳是达维律师事务所的合伙人，这段交往一直持续到2019年。
爱泼斯坦2019年8月在等待联邦性贩运指控审判期间自杀身亡。
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2026年6月26日周五，华盛顿，众议院监督与问责委员会 ranking member 议员亚萨明·安萨里（亚利桑那州民主党）、苏哈斯·苏布拉马尼亚姆（弗吉尼亚州民主党）、罗伯特·加西亚（加利福尼亚州民主党）、梅兰妮·斯坦斯伯里（新墨西哥州民主党）向记者发表讲话。（瓦莱丽·普莱施/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
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鲁姆勒一直否认有任何不当行为，并表示在两人交往期间，她对爱泼斯坦的任何犯罪行为毫不知情。
众议院监督委员会主席、肯塔基州共和党议员詹姆斯·科默也称鲁姆勒与爱泼斯坦的关系“非常令人担忧”。
“看看鲁姆勒和爱泼斯坦之间的通信就会发现，她和其他人一样努力——甚至我要说比任何人都更努力——试图在爱泼斯坦因引诱未成年人定罪后修复他的形象，”他说。“所以她确实和爱泼斯坦关系密切。”
在与记者的交谈中，众议院监督委员会 ranking member、加利福尼亚州民主党议员罗伯特·加西亚也对鲁姆勒在委员会的证词提出质疑。
“我很难相信她在向委员会提供证词时完全诚实，”加西亚说。
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众议院监督委员会主席詹姆斯·科默（肯塔基州共和党）领导的委员会对爱泼斯坦的调查已进入第二年。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-罗尔公司 via 盖蒂图片社；尼尔·拉姆斯/帕特里克·麦克穆兰 via 盖蒂图片社）
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“她决定与一名被指控并定罪性侵未成年人的人保持持续的私人友谊和交往，却无法解释自己为何选择继续这段关系，”他补充道。
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‘She saw dollar signs’: Former Obama counsel pressed over years-long Epstein ties
July 15, 2026 6:41pm EDT / Fox News
Democrat rep asserts Ruemmler knew Epstein ‘wasn’t a man of good character’ but was blinded by ‘dollar signs’
By Adam Pack, Fox News
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.
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“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.”
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Kathryn Ruemmler, former general counsel of Goldman Sachs and former White House counsel to President Barack Obama, arrives for a closed-door House Oversight Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on July 15, 2026.(Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
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“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. She just didn’t know that they were underage girls.”
“She knew that this wasn’t a man of good character, certainly, and someone who is a sex offender and registered as such,” he went on. “But she saw dollar signs, and she decided that she would overlook all that because he was rich and powerful.”
Wednesday’s interview came after emails released by the Justice Department showed that she met with Epstein numerous times and exchanged emails and gifts years after he was convicted of soliciting a minor in 2008.
The two first connected in 2014 while Ruemmler was a partner at the law firm Latham & Watkins and continued their relationship into 2019.
Epstein died by suicide in August 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., ranking member of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, and Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., speak to reporters in Washington, D.C., on Friday, June 26, 2026.(Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Ruemmler has consistently denied any wrongdoing and has said she was unaware of any criminal conduct by Epstein during the years they were in contact.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., also called Ruemmler’s relationship with Epstein “very concerning.”
“Looking at the communication between Ruemmler and Epstein is how she tried and worked as hard as anyone — well I would say more than anyone — and tried to rehabilitate his image after he was convicted of solicitation of a minor,” he said. “So this is someone that was very close with Epstein.”
In conversations with reporters, House Oversight Committee ranking member Robert Garcia, D-Calif., also questioned Ruemmler’s testimony to the panel.
“I think it is difficult to see how she’s being completely truthful in there with the answer that she’s giving the committee,” Garcia said.
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House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., is continuing his panel’s Epstein investigation into its second year.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images; Neil Rasmus/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
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“She made the decision to have an ongoing personal friendship and relationship with someone that had been accused and convicted of sexual assault with a minor, and she has no explanation as to why she chose to continue that relationship,” he continued.
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