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[W]hy didn’t Karp give up sooner?
How might he not have anticipated that his ties to Epstein would, eventually, see the sunshine of day? The timing of the discharge of the Justice Division’s Epstein recordsdata was all the time unsure. Months, years. Nobody was certain. However there was a large feeling that they’d sooner or later emerge, a reality made clearer as soon as the Epstein Recordsdata Transparency Act handed a Congressional vote in November. …
For such a long-tenured, shrewd chief—one famous for his talent in navigating crises and managing the media—the failure to anticipate publicity round his involvement with Epstein, and its doubtless influence, is jarring. At greatest, it’s what one insider referred to as “poor judgment,” and at worst, it was a hubristic act to carry onto energy regardless of the large reputational, even ethical, implications.
— Krishnan Nair, Managing Editor of Legislation.com’s worldwide arm, in commentary regarding Brad Karp’s desicison to step down from his leadership role at Paul, Weiss as soon as his ties to Jeffrey Epstein have been revealed within the newest tranche of paperwork launched from the Epstein recordsdata.
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