Elite Law Firm Boss Who Bent the Knee to Trump Sucked Up to 'Amazing' Epstein

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Daily Beast

Published Feb. 2 2026 6:36AM EST


The chairman of a major law firm that sparked backlash by caving to President Donald Trump to save itself from his retribution campaign gushed to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein about how “amazing” he was.

Brad Karp, the 66-year-old head of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, came under fire last year for being the first Big Law firm executive to make a deal with Trump after the president signed a series of executive orders targeting law firms that had represented his perceived enemies.

While other firms fought Trump’s orders and won big in court, Paul Weiss agreed to provide $40 million in free legal services to causes championed by Trump, release a statement about neutrality in hiring, and avoid any policies promoting diversity and inclusivity.

The deal backfired with major corporate clients and led to an exodus of top talent, and Karp was personally heckled and protested at a New York Bar Foundation gala in November, Bloomberg Law reported. Now, the embattled firm leader’s awkward emails to Epstein have been released in the latest tranche of documents released by the Department of Justice.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/paul-weiss-boss-brad-karp-who-bent-the-knee-to-trump-sucked-up-to-amazing-epstein/

[Srkdqltr]

1. Fun fun fun

[LiberalArkie]

2. I believe all those "contributions" were really just payments to be blacked out in the files.

[ck4829]

3. What a bunch of weirdos. No offense to all the weird people out there.

[Pas-de-Calais]

4. HE's in the files

He bent knee to tRump to avoid being caught in the files
tRump blackmail pure & simple

[Prairie Gates]

5. An ancillary effect of the Epstein releases is that Trump begins losing his leverage over some of these people

It's blindingly obvious that Trump held these emails over Karp's head. Remember, one of his arguments to MTG and Mace and Bob ert was that release would hurt "our friends."

Idiot Brad Karp got blackmailed and it came out anyway. Fucking herb.

[Prairie Gates]

6. Imagine working at Paul, Weiss and reporting to this fuckwit

[BumRushDaShow]

7. A lot of them left and some even joined with others who fled knee-benders to form their own law firms

to counter this nightmare.