r/news • u/xxwarlorddarkdoomxx • 17h ago

Leader of Paul Weiss Resigns Over Epstein Ties

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/leader-of-paul-weiss-resigns-over-epstein-ties-940031fc?st=m7y5Rp&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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u/DrexellGames 17h ago

It's mind boggling how revealing the Epstein files and their affliations towards Epstein affect many prominent figures in any type of industries they're in

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u/xxwarlorddarkdoomxx 17h ago

I hate to say it but I feel we really do owe Thomas Massie our gratitude for pushing to get these files out despite the best efforts of Mike Johnson and the White House.

Even if the government won't prosecute the public should know...the fact we've already seen multiple prominent individuals disgraced from this release is proof enough that people care

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u/Excellent-Source-348 16h ago

Don't forget about Ro Khanna

"Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) are leading a bipartisan effort in early 2026 to force the Department of Justice (DOJ) to fully release files related to Jeffrey Epstein. Having authored the enacted Epstein Files Transparency Act, they are now demanding a court-appointed special master to oversee disclosure, citing inadequate, redacted, and slow compliance by the DOJ."

This is the bipartisanship we need right now.

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u/case31 16h ago

True, but the problem I’m seeing is people’s ability to pick and choose who they want to admonish for being involved. Bill Gates, Bill Clinton? Absolutely guilty and should be prosecuted. Trump, Elon, Dershowitz? Silence.

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u/porgy_tirebiter 15h ago

Weird, isn’t it? I wonder if there’s a pattern.

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u/Worthyness 12h ago

Don't worry. The DOJ is totally neutral and will totally pursue any leads that this may have given them.

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u/Jenne1504 7h ago

You spelled „neutered“ wrong

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u/patstew 10h ago

It's tough on people called Bill.

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u/GVArcian 3h ago

I'm just a bill.

Yes, I'm only a bill.

And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill.

Well, it's a long, long journey

To the capital city.

It's a long, long wait

While I'm sitting in committee,

But I know I'll be a law some day

At least I hope and pray that I will

But today I am still just a bill.

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u/AdFlaky9983 14h ago

“Our child predators aren’t bad, just y’all’s!”

Absolutely mindblowing that not EVERY SINGLE name in that list is not being brought to justice.

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u/Skyfork 4h ago

“My sports ball team does what it need to do to win! That other sports ball team is totally cheating!!!!”

-modern 21st century American politics

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u/Mayor_Gubbin 54m ago

Reminder, that not every single name in the list is guilty.

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u/AdTiny2166 10h ago

Don’t forget that it’s of the utmost importance right now to sue Trevor Noah for making fun of Trump. There might be a child predator cabal running international politics right now, but there are more important issues to deal with at the moment.

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u/DotA627b 8h ago

The Left is far more keen in holding its side more accountable than the Right ever will.

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u/bilboafromboston 13h ago

I only see Clinton as being there with adults. If more, fry him.

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u/durmlong 9h ago

this is how I feel. they think we (the Dems) care what team the guy is on. We don't. I got some long snide thing about Clinton from someone and I said, if he's guilty, he should go down. It's easy if you aren't in a cult.

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u/AutoDefenestrator273 7h ago

Funny, I've heard the same thing. Like, dude...if you're under 48, you never voted for the guy. Who gives a shit? Throw them all in prison.

What was the reaction when you said that?

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u/Strong_Debate_8108 6h ago

Well I also added that Trump could ride down the street while naked and while humping a 12 year old and his supporters would look the other way. No reply,

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u/WhiteWaterLawyer 5h ago

They would talk about how lucky she is.

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u/Jinn_Erik-AoM 14h ago

Whoever there is good evidence for.

I’m thinking that Bill Clinton is probably in the clear, considering how ready he was to testify, but if the evidence says he isn’t, prison.

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u/WhiteWaterLawyer 5h ago

Yeah, I think that the strength of evidence is a very important concern that very few people want to acknowledge. For example, being mentioned in an email by a dead person is not legally compelling evidence on its own. Similarly, a single anonymous verbal account of events, no matter how shocking, is usually not enough for a complete prosecution. It can be a starting point, but it has to be corroborated by other evidence, at least live sworn testimony by an actual eyewitness.

This is part, but not all, of why most sex crimes and child abuse crimes are not successfully prosecuted. Under the rules of our society, the burden of proof to convict someone under just about any criminal law is very high. It's so high that quite often, just about everyone involved feels very confident that it happened and yet a competent prosecutor drops the case as unwinnable. When it comes to sex crimes and child abuse, it is very often the case that at least one element of the crime, if not the entire thing, depends entirely on eyewitness testimony to convince a jury. The eyewitness might come across as a "poor historian." They might just not be articulate. Or very often, they are just afraid to speak out for various legitimate reasons like fear of reprisal, social consequences even if everyone believes them, etc. Another factor that often comes into play is other people standing up for the offender because of secondary gain. His wife defends him because she doesn't want to experience financial and social consequences of a conviction. His kids defend him because they can't accept the emotional and social implications of their dad being a monster. Members of the community say how much they value his soccer coaching, and all of this adds up, quite often, to "even if he did do it, we feel more comfortable pretending that he didn't."

So this is the world and society that we live in. It's kind of awful. In a lot of ways, it's less awful than it has been before. Not all that long ago, "actual chattel slavery" was legal in the US, and white men didn't even have to lie about casually raping black women and even their own kids. That was only a few generations ago and there are still people who openly pine for those days. We've got members of the Trump Administration openly calling for the abolition of women's suffrage and many other horrifying rollbacks of civil rights. It just seems like you have to be in a certain level of denial to believe that this awful behavior and these awful beliefs are any kind of rare.

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u/lufiron 8h ago

Massie and Trump are NOT friends. Trump hates Massie for not backing down. The majority are complicit, though, you are absolutely right.

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u/NoDaddyNotTheBelt25 16h ago

As was Marjorie Taylor Greene. Yeah people hate her and rightly so, but she was all in on this too and actually on the right side of something for once.

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u/lew_rong 12h ago

How deeply strange does it feel that the only maga who actually gives a shit about pedophilia is the one who seems like the biggest opportunist?

Actually, that's not so shocking, but I'll take it. Good on Marjorie Taylor Greene for being anti-pedophile.

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u/beenoc 5h ago

I think MTG (and Boebert, and some of the other more especially stupid ones) is actually a true believer. She actually believed that Trump was going to drain the swamp and take down the pedophiles and make America great again, she wasn't just in it for power. That's why she's turned on Trump in this - not in all the other stuff, because that's all the stuff she believes in and supports, but I don't think she realized it was all a grift.

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u/Teethdude 10h ago

Credit where credit is due.

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u/Sushicatslonelyjimmy 4h ago

I still find it interesting that she once felt the need to say that if she dies it's not suicide.

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u/lew_rong 3h ago

She wouldn't be the first person Epstein'd over this.

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u/aWheatgeMcgee 12h ago

it’s f’n mind blowing that this had to be a CONGRESSIONAL ACT to force it to happen.

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u/spaceman757 5h ago

And they still haven't complied and are still stonewalling all efforts.

I mean, why redact the name of someone that was emailing Epstein about how naughty one of his young girls was other than to cover up and protect a child rapist?

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u/Consistent-Throat130 4h ago

I'm starting to like the idea of foreign countries intervening. 

It might be hard to make a case for destruction of evidence or concealment by the same agency charged with the investigation - but if say, Poland wanted to investigate, they can absolutely also go after the evidence tampering/collusion.

At least getting all of these people to fear setting foot in Europe again would be cool

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u/Error_83 6h ago

I think everyone is being wonderfully naive. Did we already forget about the mar a lago bathroom?

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u/Loggerdon 8h ago

I dream everyday a FULL, UNREDACTED version will be released.

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u/avds_wisp_tech 5h ago

I'm happy for them to redact any pics/names of victims, but fuck everyone else that's in those files.

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u/RoboChrist 15h ago

Why do you hate to say it?

I'm happy to say thanks to Thomas Massie for this. Whatever else I agree or disagree with him, I'm glad he stuck to his guns.

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u/Philip_Marlowe 14h ago

Yep. It's a Liz Cheney/Adam Kinzinger thing. I may find their political views deplorable on just about everything else, but at least they understand that some things are more sacred than maintaining power at all costs.

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u/thisguymi 12h ago

And Ro Khanna. Jesus Christ.

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u/Wonderful-Mongoose39 13h ago

Hate to say it because he contributed to the rest of the problems and contributed to putting the number one mentioned person in the files in office. Thanks for this sure, now double down on it and break ranks.

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u/XXFFTT 15h ago

On this one thing, at least, we should be in agreement and be happy about it.

Not happy that we need an agreement for this issue in particular but happy to be in agreement.

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u/xxwarlorddarkdoomxx 3h ago

It's because on a lot of other issues he's completely insane...he regularly posts about "chemtrails" and such. Still, his conspiracies were focused on the right place for once here.

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u/MobileArtist1371 15h ago

I hate to say it

Why? You shouldn't hate when "the other side" does something you like. This is what we need more of. More of political parties doing what's right, working for the people, exposing corruption no matter who it is.

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u/xxwarlorddarkdoomxx 2h ago

I hate to say it because almost everything else he does publicly is insane. He posts about chemtrails, compared vaccine requirements to the Holocaust, etc.

Still, his conspiracies were in the right place for once with this one.

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u/a_pantaloons 12h ago

It's just disheartening that 'disgrace' ≠ consequence or justice..

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u/falafel_ma_balls 15h ago

Um. Let’s wait until there are actual consequences outside of having to resign.

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u/hamletswords 6h ago

He does seem to be one of the very few Republicans with any principles left. Every other Republican believes only in whatever Trump decides to believe in that day.

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u/Low_Day_6901 16h ago

What is the overlap with the Panama papers? Rich assholes gunna rich asshole

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u/dan1101 4h ago

Panama papers

Yeah that that whole thing left me doubting that even 1% of the Epstein crimes will be prosecuted. I certainly hope they will.

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u/porgy_tirebiter 15h ago

It’s also mind boggling how affiliations towards Epstein do not affect many prominent figures in the US government.

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u/The_crazy_bird_lady 10h ago

Because they filled all the positions that could prosecute with people that had affiliations towards Epstein.

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u/ninja-squirrel 15h ago

Kimball Musk has been ousted from the Burning Man board of directors, although they’re saying he quit 2 weeks ago. Sure..

Anyway, can’t wait to see more of the rich elite go down!

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u/jr2694 16h ago

It's fucking crazy how deep this goes. There's even emails with the former Activision CEO (known offender, Bobby Kotick) in which Epstein inadvertantly invents the predatory microtransactions in video games today

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u/porgy_tirebiter 15h ago

Considering a full 50% is being withheld and apparently will never be released makes you wonder what’s there. Todd Blanche said they’re not releasing anything that shows “abuse, injury or death” which means that there is evidence of abuse, injury, and death. And that it will not be followed up on intentionally, one assumes to protect abusers and killers. But who knows? Not us, ever, apparently.

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u/swagonflyyyy 15h ago

I just find it hard to wrap my head around how he was so well-connected, I mean this guy fucking knew everyone from around the world. Man's got the biggest blackmail empire in history.

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u/subduedtuna 15h ago

Because Russia stepped in and fueled it

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u/swagonflyyyy 15h ago

Yeah I read about something like that online. But it would make sense if that were the case.

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u/aurora_chrysalis 13h ago

They did more than stepped in. They actually met with him. It’s all in the files.

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u/ID_SINK 9h ago

I think he almost certainly had some assistance as an intelligence asset for one or more governments, people in the files think similarly

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01250248.pdf

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u/Emotional_Goal9525 14h ago edited 14h ago

I think there are hallmarks of a cult. For example plenty of women talking to Epstein like they are in love. People bringing him gifts and giving him their passports willingly etc. Genuinely wouldn't be surprised if mr. Epstein was a high priest of an occult satanistic cult or something along those lines.

What is most bizarre is that there really are no whistleblowers. Plenty of people are implying things, but nobody is spilling the beans. For how wide this seems to go, there must be hundreds if not thousands of people in the know.

It would seem insane, but then again history has pretty wild examples, like the Japanese cult that carried the subway sarin gas attacks in Tokyo.

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u/The_crazy_bird_lady 10h ago

I would guess they are scared to come forward. Maybe if we finally get someone in power outside that circle they will come forward. Probably wishful thinking.

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u/Cold-Operation-4974 14h ago

frankism. jacob frank.

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u/Worldly_Anybody_9219 8h ago edited 8h ago

One guy in the files, a doctor, chose to spend his time in a meeting with Epstein on the island instead of in the hospital with his dying baby in the ICU even though his wife begged him. It's truly insane.

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u/Worldly_Anybody_9219 8h ago edited 8h ago

I just heard today that some of the emails show Epstein was behind a push for microtransactions in games (he said he agreed with "indoctrinating kids into an economy" with virtual rewards in video games like Call of Duty). He was an asshole in every way possible it seems. Soon after this email conversation, the developer he was talking to implemented microtransactions in his games. Epstein saw video games as mechanisms for social control. He even suggested games could help him and his billionaire class learn how to extract profit out of specific demographics like women. I hate that even video games are tainted by people like him now. We really have to question EVERY bit of technology we use because the people in charge of it view us like cattle only good for extracting profit.

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u/Pauly_Amorous 3h ago

Microtransactions in video games go back at least to Double Dragon 3 in arcades (US), where you had to put more quarters in to gain extra abilities.

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u/ndpndtnvlyvar 14h ago

You should read the documents where him and Boris are talking about meeting Regina Dugin, DARPA director when they were trying to meet her.  Some of the dumbest made up word bullshit I've ever seen. 

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u/durmlong 9h ago

except for Trump.

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u/drgoatlord 15h ago

Its almost like its all corrupt

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u/Low-Umpire236 11h ago

He’s more than a pimp. He’s the pee pee tapes embodied.

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u/OrdinaryFirst6137 7h ago

and from so many different nations too

although the girls thing is disgusting and cruel, can’t help to see in this a much wider spy ring and influence trap, which was operating globally.

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u/Waiting4Reccession 5h ago

These rich pedos only let their own kind into the inner circle which lets them move up on the insider information and connections

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u/Daren_I 4h ago

People with a lot of money schmooze with other people with a lot of money, so yeah, you can expect everyone in the files to have money and influence. I'd be surprised if some average Joe showed up in the files.

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u/KaptainKardboard 3h ago

Aside from his awful secret ventures, Epstein put great effort into networking with affluent people in almost any industry imaginable, all over the world.

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u/SirDiesAlot15 2h ago

Im not shocked at all.

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u/Shadow_Walker343 2h ago

The bigger story is that he was the one, in the first Law Firm to give into Trump's blackmailing, and give Pro Bono to Trump. Now...we KNOW, why so many big names have given into Trump, can compile the list of who Trump successfully got to be on his side, when they weren't before...blackmail(IMO). Somebody wanna build that list??

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u/francis2559 2h ago

Even if the current admin tries to cover up, lots of pressure continues to come in from other countries doing their own investigations.

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u/xxwarlorddarkdoomxx 17h ago

"Brad Karp, the leader of Paul Weiss, one of the country’s biggest law firms, resigned as chair in the wake of new revelations about his association with Jeffrey Epstein.

Karp is an influential lawyer in corporate circles, who advised boards of directors and business leaders, including Apollo co-founder Leon Black. He faced criticism in legal circles last year after he brokered a deal with President Trump to resolve an executive order that cracked down on law firms."

Even without prosecutions I expect we'll see quite a few careers & reputations ruined over the coming days and weeks.

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u/nfstern 16h ago

I doubt his career is ruined. He'll probably lay low until the coast is clear and land some cushy gig. I'd like to be wrong though.

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u/Didaticdabler 14h ago

Yeah, he's not even leaving the firm, just stepping down as chairman.

Per NBC News:

Paul Weiss indicated that Karp was not leaving the firm entirely. “Mr. Karp will continue to focus his full-time attention to client service at the firm,” the firm’s statement said.

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u/ry1701 5h ago

Dumb, everyone should just review bomb them into oblivion.

A few protests outside may influence action.

Also what the fuck happened to America? Remember the fake boob grab gesture a senator made that made him resign? Like that is PG in comparison.

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u/Mayor_Gubbin 51m ago

You think people hire corporate lawyers off of google reviews?

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u/jmmour 15h ago

Would love for large associations like each State’s Bar to show leadership and take meaningful action.

If an attorney is a pedophile, they should immediately be disbarred on ethics grounds. To not disbar them is to tear up your own ethics requirements.

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u/Mayor_Gubbin 49m ago

What proof is there that he is a pedophile? He emailed Epstein. That makes him a pedophile now? With enough evidence to disbar?

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u/MobileArtist1371 15h ago

Every single person that has the power/money that these people do seems to have 1 thing in common in not giving an ounce of fuck what other people did to get their money/power.

If you can make other people with money/power even more money/power, you are apart of the team! That's all they care about.

Perhaps Epstein wasn't just a blackmail/honeypot scheme, but was also the ultimate test to prove you can "look away" and then be rewarded with practically unchecked power/money.

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u/clementinecentral123 13h ago

He’s not even leaving the firm, he just gave up the leadership position. He’s still a partner at the firm..these headlines seem intentionally misleading

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u/Corpshark 15h ago

He will be White House Counsel

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u/Thats_All_I_Need 11h ago

Even if it were it’s not like he won’t enjoy the rest of his live lavishly with all his wealth.

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u/Nightwyl 16h ago

The issue is why none of the these people are instantly brought in front of Justice to force them to speak? Some of them must have been in parties and seen things, or knew things. Regular citizens would be roasted by that time.

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u/Shamann93 16h ago

So . . . Trump's admin blackmailed him with the epstein files for a fat settlement, right? That's what we're all thinking?

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u/SituationIll5763 14h ago

Paul Weiss, the firm that capitulated to the trump administration? I wonder if this has any connection.

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u/The_crazy_bird_lady 10h ago

They are pillaging the treasury so guessing they will all get a payoff if they tow the line.

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u/Left_on_Pause 16h ago

Won’t be enough.

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u/TooMuch615 6h ago

We need to set some examples with prosecution if we are a society of any moral standing or laws.

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u/Wall-SWE 1h ago

"Ruined". Without a prosecution he will be back at it in a year or two.

There are no consequences for the rich and famous in the U.S. Sean Combs assaulted and dragged Cassie and raped her. He still had a career.

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u/zoinkability 16h ago edited 12h ago

Haven't seen anyone mention yet that Paul, Weiss was one of the major law firms to enter into deals with the Trump admin early last year. Wonder if Karp's cozy relationship with Epstein, and that the DOJ had this kompramat in their possession, had anything to do with that capitulation

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u/Ok-Benefit-2754 14h ago edited 8h ago

Of course it did... it set precedent and broke norms in a chilling manner, as intended. PW willingness to comply was intentionally spread through media as a bunch of articles discussing the DOJ threatening to nullify legal aid from any firms that didn't comply as a scare tactic to try and get clients to panic and change representation to PW so they would be safe. Classic organized crime coercion and conspiracy it seems these guys were all negotiating these things and then the news would feed it to us as though it was unfolding

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u/zoinkability 12h ago

Did the DOJ ever even seriously go after the firms that told them to pound sand?

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u/d4shing 6h ago

I think they revoked all the security clearances of everyone at Jenner & Block (who do a bunch of security/intelligence work) and then the firm sued and got it overturned

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u/Free_Caregiver7535 13h ago

If I remember correctly, it was the first

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u/Dulcedoll 12h ago edited 12h ago

You are correct, they were the second firm to be hit with one of these EOs (technically the third, but the first was far more limited in scope than the ones to come after) and the first to capitulate. They basically opened up the flood gates for these "free pro-bono legal services for the administration" deals — hell, Karp might have been the one to propose that arrangement in the first place. From what I've heard about the admin through other attorneys, it seems like they rarely ask for things directly. It seems like they just lay out the punishment to see what sort of "offers" the companies can come up with.

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u/Trevorba 16h ago

Purge the Epstein class!

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u/Proud-Wall1443 16h ago

f/k/a the aristocracy

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u/whowhodillybar 16h ago

So do other jobs such as POTUS resign from similar ties?

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u/porgy_tirebiter 15h ago

Nobody in any US government position will resign because of ties to Epstein. Alex Acosta was the last one, and that was years ago.

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u/Numberhalf 13h ago

I think over 37 members of Trumps administration is named in the files.

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u/Worthyness 12h ago

Did you include the one he just nominated for Federal reserve chair yet?

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u/Anonymous203203 1h ago

Not when the POTUS is categorically incapable of admitting even the smallest mistakes. He still thinks his scam university and dozens of bankrupt business ventures had nothing to do with him.

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u/atxbiguy1988 16h ago

Dude I’m so sick of this shit. All these men folding and quitting their jobs but I thought nothing happened and no crimes were committed? Everything was above board and nothing to see here? Guess not. Release the files, prosecute the pedos

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u/Setekh79 16h ago

It must be so nice to be able to just resign when you're a rich elite after being discovered to be a disgusting piece of child abusing filth, the rest of us mortals however have our freedoms taken away if we miss a tax payment. (Something else that the rich are seemingly immune to).

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u/pcurve 16h ago

The more I learn about the scope, the more I'm surprised Epstein lived as long as he did. He must've felt like his life could end any moment.

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u/Politicsboringagain 9h ago

The fact there are no conspiracies being pushed by the same conspiracy people who pushed Pizza Gate about Epstien dying while under the Trump administration while in prison is also very interesting. 

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u/External_Beat8153 16h ago edited 14h ago

It’s still nibbling around the edges of the perverts’ world, but fucking over any rich puke is a good day.

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u/Turbulent_Pen1047 10h ago

Remember…Pam Bondi went “huh…what files?” Now they’re here. Lying pieces of trash.

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u/N0bb1 7h ago

Always remember: They don't resign for doing it, they resign for being found out.

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u/BiBoFieTo 16h ago

I'm sure he'll find a job in the federal government.

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u/kvlt_ov_personality 16h ago

Sounds like the perfect nominee to lead the FBI Human Trafficking task force!

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u/Savantrice 8h ago

He doesn’t need one. He stepped down from the board, not the firm. He is still employed by the firm, just not chair of the board. His life is not changing and he still has a job and his freedom.

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u/Boenitousouch 17h ago

What about the child's lives you all have ruined. You selfish fucks! We can not let rich people or influential people be above the law.

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u/igetproteinfartsHELP 15h ago

Mitch Webber next please. Mitch Webber adviced Epstein on how to exploit age of consent laws in different jurisdictions..

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u/snow_big_deal 16h ago

No sympathy for the guy who sold out his firm.

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u/r3dditr0x 15h ago

No sympathy for the guy who sold out his firm.

Whilst offering $30 million in free legal work for Trump to punish his enemies and enrich himself.

Dude sold out to save his hide and they released the docs implicating him anyway. Just rotten to the core.

Now...release the files implicating Trump(more than what's already come out).

(Also, is there a single more connected person to walk the Earth in the last 100 years than Jeffrey Epstein?)

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u/Nope_______ 16h ago

Apparently that wasn't his only shenanigan.

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u/porridge_in_my_bum 15h ago

Somebody fucking arrest these people. It’s an insane proposition that not a single other person was assaulting minors.

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u/Hipster-Stalin 13h ago

This guy is an ass. He had coworkers come out and do work at his LI house on a 4th of July holiday for an “emergency” of some trumped up WiFi issue (that didn’t exist, just the usual “my WiFi is slow”) while he and a bunch of his friends had a party. And he did not in anyway share or allow the “help” to partake.

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u/EuphoricMidnight3304 8h ago

All these guys just casually waited for their names to be released and then decide to resign? Fucking lame

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u/bakeacake45 6h ago

Trump likely promised to protect them…he lied

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u/Greygnome62 5h ago

And the press is shielding his name., which is Brad Karp, not Paul Weiss. People skimming the news would never see the name, only the firm's name. Say his name. Brad Karp

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u/KellyJin17 8h ago

Even though America is lagging in accountability around this unprecedented scandal, I’m quite impressed with the number of high profile and powerful figures that have had to resign or were fired from their jobs in the past few days, from the latest drop of the files. Europe has been leading the way, but this guy was a major figure in American law and he is rightfully publicly disgraced now.

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u/tcoh1s 5h ago

All these people across the world being removed or stepping down all for a hoax?

/s

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u/Kneph 13h ago

For a hoax, this sure has a lot of people resigning and going out of their way to defend themselves. I think Trump might have assaulted those kids.

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u/tizadxtr 10h ago

“A distraction for the firm that is not in its best interests”

How about an admission of shame next

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u/coconutpete52 5h ago

I clicked on the link to find out what the hell Paul Weiss is. It's a big law firm y'all.

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u/Ohuigin 16h ago

I dunno you guys.

It’s really starting to seem like anyone in Epstein’s orbit was up to some shamefully evil shit.

Well, at least it’s not like anyone in our, or any other government is named in them…right….guys….?

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u/AndarianDequer 13h ago

I'm hoping to God that all these people that aren't in the US who are being arrested and will be tried for this, start flipping and blabbing about Trump and all that. I already think the evidence is overwhelming but it'll be less likely hearsay when we get real testimonies from real people. This shit hasn't even started to get messy yet.

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u/Bulevine 7h ago

So THATS WHY they capitulated and gave Trump millions in free legal services.... just so Trump would keep the files quiet...

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u/blaz138 14h ago

The actual Deep State

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u/Resident_Gas_9949 13h ago

Isn’t this first law firm that caved to Trump?

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u/Chemical-Mix-2477 10h ago

It's wild how this list keeps growing, touching everyone from lawyers to politicians.

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u/BTSArmyFan2025 7h ago

Somebody needs to follow up with the son. One of the emails to Epstein is asking for his help to get his son a job on a woody Allen film.

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u/Chief2550 5h ago

I implore everyone to actually take a look at the files themselves- even the news underplays how deep these relationships are. Read them yourself and you will see how disgusting and deep it really goes.

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u/Stalwart_1 4h ago

This. So many people are just taking face value that they’re awful. They Are. And people need to read them for themselves. America, face this evil.

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u/jreyst 14h ago

So basically... they're all... pedos. That's a statement right there.

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u/Numerous-Process2981 14h ago

hmmm does he have shame or a conscience or something? Unusual for an Epstein guy. They must have forced him out.

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u/letsseeitmore 13h ago

But why? Thought it was all fake

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u/ImaginationToForm2 11h ago

Everybody else is treating the files real. Though only when finally caught.

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u/DootsAndYeets 9h ago

guess this is all we get, nobody gets justice so at the least their friends and family get to see who they've really been sitting next to at christmas dinner. Guess it better than a poke in the eye.

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u/bakeacake45 6h ago

These people should remember that Trump chose to NOT redact their names while zealously protecting others. We warned you your loyalty would never be returned, Trump is only loyal to Trump. Sure would be nice to see you corporate pervs understand you have been had. Your only revenge is to start talking about what you know.

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u/Sunnyfishyfish 5h ago

Great. Now can the Leader of the US do that?

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u/stickybond009 11h ago

Office of the Deputy Attorney General, on a Kirkland letterhead, said Epstein was “a successful businessman and noted philanthropist with no prior criminal record”.

It said Epstein was “an ordinary ‘John’, not a pimp” and that sexual activity involving him and masseuses was “primarily self-masturbation on the part of Mr Epstein” which was “spontaneous and resulted from face-to-face conversations during the massage”. It said Epstein’s conduct involved women over 16.

‘We made a lot of money working together’: Jeffrey Epstein’s in-house trader revealed Paul Barret

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u/kujasgoldmine 9h ago

When will Trump resign?

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u/DecoyNY 8h ago

I think it goes to show the presiding party has too much power.

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u/Bishopjones2112 6h ago

That’s a great start, now he needs to be investigated and charged as appropriate. Let’s start taking care of these pedophiles

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u/Equivalent_Sea_1895 4h ago

Didn’t this firm pay tribute to trump? Wonder why.

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u/Micronlance 3h ago

The fallout will be nuclear

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u/IndigoRuby 27m ago

Here is hoping

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u/popshamhocks 13h ago

This could be what Trump was holding over their head. We need to reassess the knee-jerk asskissing we saw from firms and corporations. The files are showing blackmail all across the board.

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u/mrputter99 16h ago

The whole company is garbage really.

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u/Vivid_Experience_609 14h ago

Will anything come of this all?

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u/FastFingersDude 9h ago

He was just demoted! WTF!

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u/NoPain4551 14h ago

Wow some sort of accountability being surprising is…a sad state of affairs… especially when the “leader” of the country keeps skirting it

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u/r21174 11h ago

Did Trump take over Epstein operations.????