Goldman Sachs General Counsel Kathy Ruemmler allegedly had an affair with Jeffrey Epstein’s personal attorney Reid Weingarten, according to the latest tranche of documents released by the Department of Justice.
In an email from June 15, 2015, Weingarten’s wife Cheryl Gould writes to Ruemmler: “I hope now=you can find true happiness without having a relationship with someone else’s husband… i’m the=kind of woman who loves the sisterhood, not women who sleep with and fall i[n] love with someone else’s husband…”
Another email, sent the same day by Gould to Ruemmler, who was Obama’s White House counsel, reads, “Reid has confessed his sec[r]ets and lies. He has told me that his relationship with you has caused him m[i]sery.
“Stay away before you manage to destroy him completely. You have no di[g]nity or pride.”
Sources with knowledge of the relationship claim it began when both Ruemmler and Weingarten were single and that Weingarten confessed his feelings for Ruemmler to his wife after they married. These sources add that Ruemmler was blindsided by the emails and never responded. It’s unclear when the relationship between Ruemmler and Weingarten ended.
The Post has reached out to Weingarten, Gould and Ruemmler for comment.
While it’s unclear when Weingarten and Gould married, reports from as early as 2005 referred to them as a couple.
Gould worked at NBC for nearly four decades as a journalist and was the first female executive producer of a nightly primetime newscast.
Weingarten, now a partner at Steptoe & Johnson, was Epstein’s primary attorney in 2019 after federal sex-trafficking charges were brought against the disgraced financier and continued to represent Epstein’s interests following his death that same year. According to emails, the two had also communicated about legal and personal matters for nearly a decade.
On Jan. 30, the DOJ released more than 3 million additional pages of Epstein’s documents as part of its release of the Epstein files.
The latest email dump suggests just how close Ruemmler — who now serves as Goldman Sachs’ general counsel — was to Epstein.
The emails show Epstein provided Ruemmler with lavish gifts totaling over $20,000 — including a Hermès handbag, spa treatments and Bergdorf Goodman gift cards — while she offered him informal advice on managing his sex-trafficking case fallout, including helping draft public statements and advising on press inquiries related to accuser Virginia Giuffre.
Ruemmler, who served as White House counsel under President Obama before entering private practice at Latham & Watkins, referred to Epstein as “Uncle Jeffrey” in multiple emails and wrote that she “adored” him, meeting him dozens of times at his Manhattan townhouse and potentially joining him on international trips.
While her ties to Epstein have been public for years, these new emails reveal both a level of intimacy with Epstein as well as the affair allegations.
The Post previously reported that Ruemmler, a former Obama White House counsel who referred to herself as Epstein’s lawyer in one email, maintained a close relationship with the disgraced financier.
