Kathy Ruemmler, the former Obama White House Counsel, told a House panel that she believed the descriptions of abuse by one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent victims, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, ‘lacked inherent credibility,’ as she was grilled by investigators about her own ties to Epstein.

Background

Ruemmler, who most recently was working in a top legal position for Goldman Sachs, said she now regretted interacting with the late sex offender and believed it to be a mistake. However, when asked specifically whether she believed Giuffre was a victim of Epstein and Maxwell, Ruemmler answered, ‘I don’t know.’

Ruemmler elaborated: ‘If she says that she was, I don’t have a reason to doubt that. However, there were allegations that she made that were, I believed based on my experience as a former prosecutor and as a defense counsel, that were of such a nature that they were – they lacked inherent credibility.’ In 2019, Giuffre publicly alleged Epstein trafficked her and forced her to have sex with his friends, including Prince Andrew, now Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, when she was 17 years old.

Investigation and Aftermath

CNN has reached out to Ruemmler and Giuffre’s family for comment. Ruemmler announced in February she would resign as the chief legal officer from Goldman Sachs after stories published detailing her ties to Epstein were published, including from CNN’s KFile.

Original reporting: El Paso News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.