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'She saw dollar signs': Former Obama counsel pressed over years-long Epstein ties

Former Obama White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler faced a bipartisan grilling in the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday with members of the panel questioning her account of her years-long relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Ruemmler, who recently resigned as Goldman Sachs' top lawyer amid scrutiny over her ties to Epstein, voluntarily appeared for a closed-door interview as part of the committee's probe into Epstein and his longtime associate, convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.Lawmakers in both parties dismissed her claim that her relationship with Ep...