Goldman Sachs' top lawyer, Kathryn Ruemmler, resigned on Thursday night amid revelations of her close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier, according to the New York Times. Simultaneously, Thorbjorn Jagland, a former prime minister of Norway, was charged with gross corruption in connection to his ties with Epstein, as announced by Norwegian police. In other news, President Donald Trump reversed a key Obama-era ruling that determined greenhouse gases endanger public health, and the US immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota is set to conclude, according to the BBC.
Ruemmler's resignation followed the release of emails and other materials by the Justice Department that revealed her extensive relationship with Epstein. Before joining Goldman Sachs in 2020, Ruemmler was a counselor, confidante, and friend to Epstein, advising him on how to respond to questions about his sex crimes and avoid media scrutiny, the New York Times reported. Goldman Sachs representatives had previously stated her relationship with Epstein was strictly professional.
In Norway, Jagland was charged with gross corruption, with the Norwegian police also searching several of his properties on Thursday. His attorney stated that Jagland was cooperating with authorities. The Council of Europe, which Jagland previously led, had voted to waive his diplomatic immunity at the request of Norwegian authorities to pursue proceedings related to allegations of aggravated corruption, according to the New York Times.
President Trump's decision to reverse the 2009 "endangerment finding" was framed as a political win over the Democratic Party's environmental agenda, according to the BBC. The White House called the reversal the "largest deregulation in American history," claiming it would make cars cheaper. Environmental groups, however, consider the move the most significant rollback of climate change policy to date. Trump stated he was revoking an Obama-era "endangerment finding" from 2009 which held that pollution harms public health and the environment, according to the BBC.
Finally, the US immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota is set to end, according to Tom Homan, President Trump's border tsar. Homan stated that Trump had approved his request to conclude the operation and that he would stay in Minnesota "a little longer to oversee the drawdown, to ensure its success." The operation resulted in the detention of many illegal immigrants who had committed violent crimes, but it also sparked nationwide protests after the deaths of two US citizens.
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