2026年7月15日 美国东部时间上午10:05 / 路透社
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纽约，7月15日（路透社）——高盛高级顾问凯瑟琳·吕姆勒将于周三接受国会议员的尖锐质询，原因是她与杰弗里·爱泼斯坦存在关联，而议员们正就这名已故定罪性犯罪者与政治和商业精英的联系展开调查。
吕姆勒将出席众议院监督与政府改革委员会的听证会，这是该委员会对爱泼斯坦及其同伙吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦的调查的一部分。
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在美国司法部公布的文件显示吕姆勒与爱泼斯坦有过大量通信，且曾接受他赠送的礼物后，吕姆勒于6月底辞去首席法律官兼总法律顾问一职，等待继任者接任。
爱泼斯坦2019年在等待联邦性交易指控审判期间死于纽约市一所监狱内，其死亡被裁定为自杀。他生前与政治、金融、学术和商业领域的众多知名人士存在广泛联系，其中包括唐纳德·特朗普总统。
此次听证会让高盛再次被推到聚光灯下，原因是尽管吕姆勒与这名定罪性犯罪者存在关联，公司仍选择留用她。
高盛拒绝置评。吕姆勒未回应置评请求。
该监督委员会已采访过多位政治领袖，包括前总统比尔·克林顿、现任商务部长、前坎托·菲茨杰拉德首席执行官霍华德·卢特尼克以及微软创始人比尔·盖茨。
高盛首席执行官大卫·所罗门当时在接受CNBC采访时表示，吕姆勒告诉他，媒体对其工作的报道让她“处于难以履行工作职责和责任的境地，她认为是时候辞职了”。
所罗门6月表示，在公司任命新的首席法律官之前，吕姆勒同意继续担任高级顾问一职。这一决定遭到了一些议员的批评。
吕姆勒的发言人重申了此前的声明，称她没有做错任何事，且在以执业刑事辩护律师身份与爱泼斯坦接触时，并不知晓他当时正在进行任何犯罪活动。
美国司法部文件显示，2014年至2019年期间，吕姆勒与爱泼斯坦进行了大量通信，即便在他2008年因招揽未成年卖淫者认罪之后亦是如此。
文件显示，她接受过爱泼斯坦赠送的礼物，并就如何应对针对其罪行的媒体问询向他提供建议。
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Goldman Sachs lawyer Ruemmler to face House panel on Epstein
July 15, 2026 10:05 AM UTC / Reuters
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NEW YORK, July 15 (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs senior counsel Kathryn Ruemmler will face tough questioning from members of Congress on Wednesday over her links to Jeffrey Epstein, as lawmakers probe the late convicted sex offender’s ties with the political and business elites.
Ruemmler will appear before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform as part of its investigation into Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Ruemmler stepped down as chief legal officer and general counsel at the end of June, pending a replacement, after documents published by the U.S. Justice Department showed she had extensive communications with Epstein and had also accepted gifts from him.
Epstein, who died in a New York City prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges, had extensive ties to many prominent people in politics, finance, academia and business, including President Donald Trump. His death was ruled a suicide.
The hearing has pushed Goldman back into the spotlight over its decision to keep Ruemmler, despite her links to the convicted sex offender.
Goldman Sachs declined to comment. Ruemmler did not respond to a request for comment.
The oversight committee has interviewed political leaders such as former President Bill Clinton, current Commerce Secretary and former Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick and Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
Goldman CEO David Solomon said in a CNBC interview at the time that Ruemmler told him the press coverage of the work she had done put “her in a position where it was hard for her to execute on her job and her responsibilities, and she just thought it was time to step away.”
She agreed to continue in an advisory role as senior counsel until the company appointed a new chief legal officer, Solomon said in June, a decision that has been criticized by some lawmakers.
Her spokesperson reiterated an earlier statement that she had done nothing wrong and had no knowledge of any ongoing criminal activity on Epstein’s part when she interacted with him as a practicing criminal defense attorney.
Ruemmler had a large number of communications with Epstein from 2014 to 2019, even after his 2008 guilty plea for procuring a person under the age of 18 for prostitution, U.S. Justice Department documents showed.
The documents showed she accepted gifts from Epstein and advised him on how to address media inquiries regarding his crimes.
Reporting by Saeed Azhar; editing by David Gaffen
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