2026-06-11T17:22:37.113Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/11/politics/kfile-goldman-sachs-letter-kathy-ruemmler
- 国会民主党议员正在就高盛CEO据报决定保留该银行首席律师作为顾问一事向大卫·所罗门发问。
- 凯西·勒姆勒曾于2月宣布辞职，此前有爆料披露她与定罪性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦存在广泛关联。
- 议员们质疑所罗门的判断力，并要求在6月26日前获取有关她的薪酬和新职位的细节。
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高盛CEO大卫·所罗门正面临国会民主党议员的新一轮审查，此前有报道称，在凯西·勒姆勒因与定罪性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的关联曝光而宣布辞职数月后，所罗门仍试图挽留这位该银行的首席律师。
在周三发出的一封信中，参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦和众议员拉贾·克里希纳穆尔蒂表示，所罗门在勒姆勒原计划于6月底离职后仍将其留为顾问，这让人质疑他“继续领导华尔街最具影响力公司之一的专业判断力和履职资格”。
勒姆勒于2月宣布将从高盛辞职，此前包括CNN KFile团队多篇报道在内的一系列报道披露了她与爱泼斯坦的广泛关联。
在这封信中，民主党议员们认为，所罗门对今年早些时候引发勒姆勒辞职风波的处理方式，让人质疑他的领导能力以及高盛对该事件的监督。
“近几个月披露的信息不仅严重质疑高盛是否在任命勒姆勒为公司首席律师时未进行适当尽职调查，或是认为她与爱泼斯坦的关系是恰当的，如今也让人质疑你继续领导美国最大银行之一的专业判断力和履职资格，”两人在信中写道。
作为参议院银行委员会资深成员的沃伦和克里希纳穆尔蒂要求高盛解释勒姆勒在加入该公司前披露了哪些与爱泼斯坦有关的信息，该行是否知晓她曾就法律和公关事务为其提供建议，以及在将她提拔为华尔街最具权力的法律职位之一前开展了哪些额外尽职调查。
他们还要求了解勒姆勒据报转任高盛顾问一职的相关细节、薪酬情况，以及监管机构是否被告知她与爱泼斯坦的关联。他们要求该银行在6月26日前提供书面答复，不过该行并无法律义务回应。
勒姆勒于2月宣布，她将于6月30日辞去该公司首席法律官一职。英国《金融时报》和彭博社周五报道称，所罗门邀请她继续担任顾问。CNN尚未核实这些报道。
CNN已联系高盛和勒姆勒。双方均拒绝置评。
在《纽约时报》观点版周四发布的一篇客座随笔访谈中，勒姆勒表示，她之所以与爱泼斯坦保持联系，是因为作为公司律师的工作涉及商务和人脉拓展需求，且当时她并未完全了解他所犯罪行的严重程度。
“如果我看到或听到任何迹象表明爱泼斯坦正在伤害女性或女童，我会采取行动制止他，”她在客座随笔访谈中说道。
这封信发出前，美国司法部披露的一批档案揭露了勒姆勒与这位声名狼藉的金融家的广泛关联，引发了数月来对她与爱泼斯坦关联的审查。勒姆勒曾是奥巴马政府白宫法律顾问，2014年离开白宫后、加入高盛前的数年间，她与爱泼斯坦交换了数百条信息。
这些信息显示，勒姆勒曾接受爱泼斯坦的礼物，且似乎在他2008年定罪后多年间就法律和声誉事务为其提供建议。
档案还显示，勒姆勒曾就针对爱泼斯坦的指控讨论法律和媒体策略，感谢他赠送的贵重礼物，甚至曾考虑前往他的私人岛屿旅行，不过最终并未成行。
其他记录显示，勒姆勒曾就针对爱泼斯坦的诉讼为其提供建议，并协助协调应对调查他涉嫌性侵未成年女孩指控的记者。在2015年的一封邮件中，她写道：“友谊是双向的——帮你摆脱所有这些法律烦心事，对我来说很重要。”（原文拼写有误，应为friendship）
在另一段对话中，她将一篇关于爱泼斯坦的新闻报道描述为“一部翻来覆去的废话小说”。勒姆勒去年12月告诉CNN，她当时是在说那篇报道是废话，而非指控内容。“我对所有曾受爱泼斯坦侵害的人深表同情，正如我多次说过的，我后悔认识了他，”她说道。
勒姆勒自档案披露以来一直表示，她是作为白领辩护律师通过工作认识爱泼斯坦的，并未正式为其代理，也未接受过他的报酬，且当时并不知晓他有任何 ongoing 犯罪行为。
高盛也坚称，勒姆勒与爱泼斯坦的关系属于职业性质。
勒姆勒此前曾表示，她将爱泼斯坦视为“业务推荐来源”。
沃伦和克里希纳穆尔蒂还质疑，尽管围绕勒姆勒与爱泼斯坦关联的争议日益升级，高盛仍向其支付薪酬。
“该公司对勒姆勒的财政支持也极为慷慨。3月有消息显示，勒姆勒获得了11%的加薪，使她2025年的总薪酬达到惊人的2500万美元。勒姆勒的公司股票期权价值约8000万美元，预计将在未来两年内归属，”他们写道。
“如果勒姆勒不再离职，请说明原因、她的新头衔、新职位相关职责，以及薪酬方案的细节，”他们问道。
并非只有议员们关注勒姆勒与爱泼斯坦的关联。众议院监督委员会定于7月15日闭门约谈勒姆勒，作为其对爱泼斯坦相关调查的一部分。
Democrats ask Goldman Sachs CEO why he’s keeping lawyer who said she’d resign over ties to Epstein
2026-06-11T17:22:37.113Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/11/politics/kfile-goldman-sachs-letter-kathy-ruemmler
- Congressional Democrats are asking Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon about his reported decision to retain the bank’s top lawyer as an adviser.
- Kathy Ruemmler had announced her resignation in February amid revelations about her extensive ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
- Lawmakers question Solomon’s judgment and want details about her compensation and new role by June 26.
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Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon is facing new scrutiny from congressional Democrats over his reported effort to retain the bank’s top lawyer months after she said she would resign over revelations about her ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
In a letter sent Wednesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi said Solomon’s decision to retain Kathy Ruemmler as an adviser after her planned departure in late June raises questions about his “professional judgement and fitness” to continue leading one of Wall Street’s most powerful firms.
Ruemmler announced in February she would resign from Goldman Sachs after a series of reports, including a number of stories from CNN’s KFile team, chronicled her extensive ties to Epstein.
In their letter, the Democratic lawmakers have argued that Solomon’s handling of a controversy that engulfed Ruemmler and led to her resignation announcement earlier this year calls into question both his leadership and Goldman Sachs’s oversight of the matter.
“The information uncovered in recent months not only raises serious questions as to whether Goldman Sachs either failed to conduct proper due diligence or viewed Ruemmler’s relationship with Epstein as appropriate when appointing her as the firm’s top lawyer, but now calls into question your professional judgement and fitness to continue leading one of the largest banks in the United States,” the pair wrote.
Warren, the ranking member on the Senate Banking Committee, and Krishnamoorthi asked Goldman Sachs to explain what Ruemmler disclosed about Epstein before joining the firm, whether the bank was aware that she had advised him on legal and public-relations matters, and what additional due diligence it conducted before elevating her to one of the most powerful legal positions on Wall Street.
They also sought details about her reported transition to a Goldman advisory role, compensation and whether regulators were informed of her ties to Epstein. They asked for written answers from the firm by June 26, though the bank is under no legal obligation to respond.
Ruemmler announced in February that she would resign from her role as chief legal officer at the firm effective June 30. The Financial Times and Bloomberg reported on Friday that Solomon asked her to stay on as an advisor. CNN has not verified the reports.
CNN reached out to Goldman Sachs and Ruemmler. Both declined to comment.
In an interview published Thursday by The New York Times opinion section as part of a guest essay, Ruemmler said she maintained contact with Epstein because of the business and networking demands of her work as a corporate lawyer and that she did not fully understand the extent of his crimes at the time.
“If I had seen or heard anything to suggest that Epstein was harming women or girls, I would have taken action to stop it,” she said in the guest essay interview.
The letter follows months of scrutiny over Ruemmler’s ties to Epstein after a trove of files released by the Justice Department revealed her extensive ties to the disgraced financier. A former Obama White House counsel, Ruemmler exchanged hundreds of messages with Epstein in the years after she left the White House in 2014, and before she joined Goldman.
The messages show that Ruemmler accepted gifts from Epstein and that she appeared to advise him on legal and reputational matters years after his 2008 conviction.
The files also show that Ruemmler discussed legal and media strategies related to allegations against Epstein, thanked him for expensive gifts and, at one point, explored taking a trip to his private island that ultimately did not occur.
Other records show Ruemmler advised Epstein on litigation brought by his accusers and helped coordinate responses to journalists examining allegations that he sexually abused underage girls. In one 2015 email, she wrote that “friendships goes two ways – getti=g you some peace with respect to all of this legal shit is important to me.”
In another exchange, she described a news article about Epstein as “a novella of rehashed crap.” Ruemmler told CNN in December that she was referring to the article as crap but not the allegations. “I have deep sympathy for anyone victimized by Epstein, and as I have said many times, I regret ever knowing him,” she said.
Ruemmler has said since the release of the files she knew Epstein through her work as a white-collar defense attorney and did not formally represent him, nor was she compensated by him, and had no knowledge of any ongoing criminal conduct on his part.
Goldman Sachs has also maintained that her relationship with Epstein was professional in nature.
Ruemmler had previously said she knew Epstein as a “business referral source.”
The lawmakers Warren and Krishnamoorthi also questioned Goldman Sachs’s compensation of Ruemmler despite the growing controversy surrounding her ties to Epstein.
“The firm has also been extremely generous in its financial support of Ruemmler. It was revealed in March that Ruemmler received an 11 percent raise, bringing her total compensation for 2025 to an astounding $25 million. Ruemmler’s company stock options, which are valued at about $80 million, are expected to vest over the next two years,” they wrote.
“If Ruemmler is no longer departing the bank, please provide the reasoning, her new title, duties associated with her new role, and details regarding her compensation package,” they asked.
They are not the only lawmakers interested in hearing about Ruemmler’s ties to Epstein. The House Oversight Committee is scheduled to interview Ruemmler behind closed doors on July 15 as part of its investigation into Epstein.
