Hypocritical New York Times has gone from self-appointed #MeToo beacon to sympathetic portrayal of Epsteins enablers: sources

After leading the charge on #MeToo, the New York Times is raising eyebrows by giving a sympathetic platform to a Jeffrey Epstein ally and former Obama White House Counsel.Kathryn Ruemmler was at one point even named as an executor of the pedophile’s will, although she backed away from it.She has also said she denies full awareness of his years of crimes.In a softball interview featured in the Opinion section on June 11, Ruemmler — who resigned in February as Goldman Sachs’ general counsel amid the fallout over her emails with Epstein — is portrayed as “oddly naive” and a woman just trying to survive in the cutthroat world of big law.The author, freelance contributor Ankush Khardori, adds that Ruemmler’s “remorse felt genuine” about her relationships with Epstein.But in the Times newsroom, such a generous portrayal dropped like a “stink bomb,” according to sources.“Everyone thought the story was a joke… it was embarrassing,” one Times reporter who has covered Epstein told The Post.

“They [Khardori] didn’t even appear to have read our own reporting.”The Times has reported extensively on Ruemmler’s ties to Epstein — including the gifts he showered on her, and the fact she referred to him as “sweetie” and “Uncle Jeffrey” and signed off emails to him with “xoxo,” according to the more than 10,000 documents released by the Department of Justice.Nathan Werksman, an attorney who has represented four Epstein victims and who pushed New York lawmakers to re-open his estate to lawsuits (a story covered by the Times), said that glossing over accountability for powerful figures like Ruemmler undermines the paper’s own mission.“The biggest flaw in the Times’ opinion piece is the argument that it’s useless to punish Ruemmler for her extensive personal and professional Epstein ties,” Werksman told The Post.“However, her experience sends a clear message throughout Big Law ranks: associations with sketchy people can carr...