Jeffrey Epstein called Goldman Sachs top attorney Kathy Ruemmler, former White House counsel to President Obama, “my great defender” in emails and text messages, with calendars showing more than 50 planned meetings including lunches, dinners and personal appointments, according to a CNN KFile investigation published December 11, 2025, shared in an X post by @KFILE over the past 28 minutes. Ruemmler disparaged 2018 reporting on Epstein’s abuse as “rehashed crap” and helped craft a 2019 public relations comment denying Epstein received a sweetheart deal, as detailed in the CNN report linked in the X post from 12:17 PM to 12:45 PM UTC. Epstein told an associate he could rely on Ruemmler as a character witness, describing her as an “arch feminist” who could show “the other side of Jeffrey.” The Epstein estate is fighting to withhold hundreds of additional emails with Ruemmler, claiming attorney-client privilege, according to the same CNN article. This reveals a relationship more intertwined than previously known, including her involvement in his legal affairs. In a separate development during the same 28-minute window, an Emerson poll released December 8, 2025, shows Ohio Democratic candidate Acton at 46% and Republican Vivek Ramaswamy at 45% among registered voters, a shift from Ramaswamy's +10 lead in the last poll, as reported in an X post by @PpollingNumbers.
