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   It was an email about Jeffrey Epstein’s penis that ultimately ended   
   Kathy Ruemmler’s run as Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer, people close to her   
   tell the Post.   
      
   Ruemmler, who dealt with Epstein through one of her legal clients, is   
   mentioned thousands of times in the Epstein files. But that one crude   
   remark by Epstein, and her bland response made her situation untenable   
   even if people close to her tell me it was intended to deflect from his   
   rudeness.   
      
   “That email did it,” according to one person close to Ruemmler who was   
   in contact with her up until the time of her resignation.   
      
   “It was just too much to explain away to friends and others even if   
   there was an innocent explanation. She was tired. She wanted it all to   
   end.”   
      
   The message dates to 2015, when Ruemmler, a former prosecutor, was a top   
   lawyer at the firm Latham & Watkins, where she landed after serving as   
   White House counsel for the Obama Administration.   
      
   Unlike many of the people in Epstein’s now infamous circle of friends,   
   Ruemmler stumbled into her relationship with the convicted perv not   
   because she needed something, but through her work for another client,   
   the Swiss bank Edmond de Rothschild Group.   
      
   The understanding was that Epstein, even though he’d plead guilty in   
   2008 for soliciting sex from an underaged prostitute, would serve as a   
   gatekeeper for the legal work Ruemmler was handling.   
      
   What began as a professional relationship soon evolved into something   
   more friendly.   
      
   In emails, the two are seen talking about trips to his infamous island   
   in the Caribbean (Ruemmler’s reps say she never went) and public   
   relations advice to Epstein. She refers to Epstein as “uncle Jeffrey”   
   after receiving boots courtesy of the creep.   
      
   When Epstein was arrested a second time in 2019, just before he was   
   found dead in his jail cell from an apparent suicide, one of his first   
   calls was to Ruemmler (her reps say she never engaged him as a client in   
   any capacity).   
      
   It’s all very embarrassing for Ruemmler and Goldman. Yet for months   
   Goldman Sachs stood by her, believing that while her dealings with   
   Epstein might look bad, a fair reading showed she was dealing with   
   someone on behalf of a client.   
      
   Ruemmler, meanwhile, carried on with her duties as general counsel of   
   one of the world’s most prestigious firms seemingly without a hitch.   
      
   Privately, however, she was reeling. Goldman’s corporate culture is   
   among the most cut-throat on Wall Street. Colleagues leaked stories that   
   there were plans to move her out of the job, which the firm officially   
   denied.   
      
   She found herself constantly explaining to friends and others the   
   nuances of her exchanges with Epstein, people with knowledge of the   
   matter say.   
      
   She is a criminal lawyer by training, but she said she was fooled into   
   believing that Epstein had cleaned up his act; his single count of child   
   prostitution a mistake with someone he believed was legal.   
      
   Then came the birthday email, and Ruemmler’s seemingly lack of outrage   
   over its content.   
      
   The exchange starts off innocently enough, when Ruemmler writes to   
   Epstein wishing him a “Happy Birthday! I hope you enjoy the day with   
   your one true love. :-)”   
      
   Epstein responds: “they say that men usually give a name to their penis,   
   as it would be inappropriate to make love to a total stranger.”   
      
   Ruemmler replies that it’s “Hard to believe that there is still an open   
   question about whether men are yhe inferior gender.”   
      
   According to one person close to Ruemmler, the notion that she was   
   casually discussing the penis of a convicted sexual predator was a   
   bridge too far.   
      
   “It’s so sad what happened to her because when all is said and done she   
   didn’t do anything wrong but talk to this guy,” said a person close to   
   her. “And that one email just put her over the edge.”   
      
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