{"id":144023,"date":"2026-02-13T16:06:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T00:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/02\/13\/hubris-or-poor-judgment-as-epstein-files-loomed-the-clock-was-ticking-on-brad-karps-power-at-paul-weiss\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T16:06:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T00:06:42","slug":"hubris-or-poor-judgment-as-epstein-files-loomed-the-clock-was-ticking-on-brad-karps-power-at-paul-weiss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/02\/13\/hubris-or-poor-judgment-as-epstein-files-loomed-the-clock-was-ticking-on-brad-karps-power-at-paul-weiss\/","title":{"rendered":"Hubris Or Poor Judgment? As Epstein Files Loomed, The Clock Was Ticking On Brad Karp\u2019s Power At Paul, Weiss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

[W]hy didn\u2019t Karp quit sooner?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2019s 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. \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

For such a long-tenured, shrewd leader\u2014one noted for his skill in navigating crises and managing the media\u2014the failure to anticipate publicity around his involvement with Epstein, and its likely impact, is jarring. At best, it is what one insider called \u201cpoor judgment,\u201d and at worst, it was a hubristic act to hold onto power despite the huge reputational, even moral, implications.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Krishnan Nair<\/a>, Managing Editor of Law.com\u2019s international arm, in commentary<\/a> concerning Brad Karp\u2019s desicison to step down from his leadership role at Paul, Weiss<\/a> once his ties to Jeffrey Epstein were revealed in the latest tranche of documents released from the Epstein files.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Hubris Or Poor Judgment? As Epstein Files Loomed, The Clock Was Ticking On Brad Karp\u2019s Power At Paul, Weiss<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

[W]hy didn\u2019t Karp quit sooner?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2019s 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. \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

For such a long-tenured, shrewd leader\u2014one noted for his skill in navigating crises and managing the media\u2014the failure to anticipate publicity around his involvement with Epstein, and its likely impact, is jarring. At best, it is what one insider called \u201cpoor judgment,\u201d and at worst, it was a hubristic act to hold onto power despite the huge reputational, even moral, implications.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Krishnan Nair<\/a>, Managing Editor of Law.com\u2019s international arm, in commentary<\/a> concerning Brad Karp\u2019s desicison to step down from his leadership role at Paul, Weiss<\/a> once his ties to Jeffrey Epstein were revealed in the latest tranche of documents released from the Epstein files.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Hubris Or Poor Judgment? As Epstein Files Loomed, The Clock Was Ticking On Brad Karp\u2019s Power At Paul, Weiss<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day. [W]hy didn\u2019t 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\u2019s Epstein files was always uncertain. Months, years. No one was sure. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":144024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Staci-Zaretsky-kVLFZt.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}