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[W]hy didn’t Karp quit sooner?
How could he not have anticipated that his ties to Epstein would, sooner or later, see the light of day? The timing of the release of the Justice Department’s Epstein files was always uncertain. Months, years. No one was sure. But there was a wide feeling that they would at some point emerge, a fact made clearer once the Epstein Files Transparency Act passed a Congressional vote in November. …
For such a long-tenured, shrewd leader—one noted for his skill in navigating crises and managing the media—the failure to anticipate publicity around his involvement with Epstein, and its likely impact, is jarring. At best, it is what one insider called “poor judgment,” and at worst, it was a hubristic act to hold onto power despite the huge reputational, even moral, implications.
— Krishnan Nair, Managing Editor of Law.com’s international arm, in commentary concerning Brad Karp’s desicison to step down from his leadership role at Paul, Weiss once his ties to Jeffrey Epstein were revealed in the latest tranche of documents released from the Epstein files.
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