Top Goldman Sachs Lawyer Ruemmler Resigning Amid Epstein Fallout

Kathryn Ruemmler said that she wanted to ‘put Goldman Sachs’ interests first.’

White House counsel Kathy Ruemmler (R), sits with Presidents Commission on Election Administration co-chair Robert Bauer (L), Vice President Joe Biden (2nd L), President Barack Obama (C), and Commission co-chair Benjamin Ginsberg (2nd R) in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Jan. 22, 2014. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

Goldman Sachs general counsel Kathryn Ruemmler is stepping down after emails she exchanged with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were among those made public by the government.

Ruemmler, 54, is resigning effective June 30 as general counsel and chief legal officer.