Karp
(Photo
by
John
Lamparski/Getty
Images)
Ed.
note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature, Quote
of
the
Day.
[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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