She Was One of Obama’s Top Lawyers. How Did She Get Tangled Up With Epstein?

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Mr. Khardori is a legal analyst and former federal prosecutor who specialized in white-collar crime.

One of the ways Jeffrey Epstein infiltrated America’s elite was by giving important people what they wanted — private plane travel for Bill Clinton, research funding for Harvard professors and donations for the leaders of world-renowned museums. He drew them into his orbit using the gravitational pull of his wealth and rarefied social network. They reciprocated not necessarily because they liked him, but because it was their business to know people like him.

In theory, Kathy Ruemmler — the top lawyer at Goldman Sachs and a White House counsel........

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