In a February 2016 email chain, Epstein asked “we all set for a day of joy?” Given some of Epstein’s victims were initially recruited to provide massages, Ruemmler was asked to explain what she meant. Committee investigators also presented Ruemmler with a September 2014 email where Epstein wrote, “girls?, careful, I will renew an old habit.” And this is a – this is a joke that certainly doesn’t land very well today,” Ruemmler told the committee. Ruemmler said she never represented Epstein as his attorney or was compensated by him, and she was one of many people Epstein asked across his professional and social circles for advice.