[GRADE A2 — EFTA02618544, EFTA02618510, EFTA00483558 and 30+ Brad Karp emails]
Brad S. Karp, Chairman of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, appears in at least 30 documents in fulltext search. The October 24-25, 2018 email chain is the most significant: Epstein emails Karp a single word — "Leon?" — and Karp responds: "Wait and react mode." When pressed, Karp reports: "I brought it up today and made no progress. Let me try again, in a different way." Epstein complains: "how can he take the 50 mil in savings and not pay on it? makes no sense."
The chain culminates on October 25, 2018 with Epstein instructing Karp: "I would ask that you tell him that you suggested I hold off repaying the money today, as it is currently a pot that is old and cold and off book. So when he decided to pay the money he clearly owes. Or we need more for guzel. It is there." Karp responds: "He just waved me off" (EFTA02618510).
An October 18, 2018 email (EFTA00483558) from "Karp, Brad S" to Lesley Groff with subject "Re: Jeffrey Epstein" shows Groff coordinating between Epstein and Karp. Additional emails from May-October 2018 show sustained communication: Karp discussing scheduling, strategy, and mediation.
Brad Karp resigned as Paul Weiss chairman on February 4-5, 2026, after the DOJ file release revealed his Epstein correspondence. X/Twitter research documents that partners revolted because Karp's Epstein dealings were personal — including asking Epstein to get his son a job on a Woody Allen film — unlike the firm's institutional Trump-related work.
WHAT THIS SHOWS AND DOES NOT SHOW: Thirty-plus emails establish Karp as active intermediary between Epstein and Black over fee disputes and the Ganieva situation. The "pot that is old and cold and off book" language suggests hidden financial obligations. "Or we need more for guzel" reveals the Ganieva payments were entangled with Black's debt to Epstein. Karp's resignation in February 2026 is public record. It does NOT establish that Karp knowingly facilitated criminal activity — he may have understood his role as legal counsel managing a payment dispute.