Goldman Sachs general counsel Kathryn Ruemmler will step down after the Jeffrey Epstein files showed she had remained a close ally of the convicted sex offender through his 2019 arrest.

Senior executives at Goldman Sachs are reportedly uneasy about the bank's decision to stand by its top lawyer Kathryn Ruemmler -- despite a newly released cache of emails that shed more light on the close friendship she shared with late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.