- The chair of the first law firm that bent the knee to Trump’s extortion and agreed to do pro bono work for him is featured in the Epstein Files, you say? Huh.
- Brad Karp to step down as Paul Weiss chair after Epstein revelations ft.trib.al/H1vYT7B
- Yeah, my first thought. It doesn’t seem completely insane to wonder if the settlement was influenced at some level by his blackmail risk.Feb 5, 2026 02:06
- Doesn’t need to be blackmail or anything personally coercive (though we can’t rule it out either). Plausible it’s overlapping social circles, shared values, and a belief that basic human morality doesn’t apply to them because they’re special.
