{"id":4774,"date":"2026-08-02T19:08:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T19:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4774"},"modified":"2026-08-02T19:08:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T19:08:29","slug":"big-law-bosss-secret-trump-courtship-ends-in-humiliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4774","title":{"rendered":"Big Law Boss\u2019s Secret Trump Courtship Ends in Humiliation"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>A top law firm chairman\u2019s controversial capitulation to President Donald Trump\u2019s demands created staunch internal divisions, according to a new bombshell report. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4772\">\u2018Where\u2019s Mitch\u2019 Chants Erupt at Major Kentucky Political Event<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the start of his second presidency, Trump signed an executive order targeting top law firms, including Paul Weiss, as he was irate that they represented his political opponents or had attorneys who had been involved in investigations against him.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Brad Karp, the ousted chairman at the Paul Weiss law firm, tried and failed to please the firm\u2019s employees in the weeks after the order came down as he attempted to strike a deal with the White House rather than challenge it in court, a new report in the New York Times details. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ahead of the meeting, the Times reported that Karp recruited New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, a friend of Trump\u2019s, to help him ahead of their meeting with Trump. Kraft reportedly vouched for Karp in a call with the president and passed along Trump\u2019s phone number to Karp. <\/p>\n<p>Karp then repeatedly called Trump for two days before the president picked up, and an Oval Office meeting was arranged. <\/p>\n<p>The meeting went on for several hours, during which Trump complained about how he believed Paul Weiss had wronged him. He expressed his discontent that E. Jean Carroll, in her quest to find Trump liable for sexual abuse against her, had been represented by a former Paul Weiss partner.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, Karp drew a red line with the president, as he said the firm would not relitigate the 2020 election. <\/p>\n<p>Back at the office, there was enthusiasm to get a deal done with the administration, the Times reported. When Karp presented an outline of the deal during a meeting with Paul Weiss partners, there were no objections. Under the deal, the firm agreed to take on $40 million in free legal work for causes that were supported by both the firm and Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Karp asserted to employees that the firm would still maintain its independence, but when Trump announced the deal on Truth Social, he put his own spin on it. Trump proclaimed that Paul Weiss had agreed to \u201cnot adopt, use, or pursue any DEI policies,\u201d and that \u201cKarp acknowledged the wrongdoing of former Paul, Weiss partner, Mark Pomerantz, the grave dangers of Weaponization, and the vital need to restore our System of Justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Karp was reportedly stunned by Trump\u2019s embellishments, writing in an email to colleagues, \u201cI cannot believe this. He changed the agreement, added a no-DEI provision, and came up with a completely false quote saying I acknowledged things I never said. My god.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Karp never publicly showed his annoyance with the president\u2019s embellishments, and the deal received massive blowback in the press. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4770\">Alleged MAGA Wife-Beating Rep\u2019s Senator Father-in-Law Finally Speaks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After that, the deal with the Trump administration was not well-received by prominent attorneys at the firm. At the same time, Trump allies began gloating about the deal. <\/p>\n<p>Longtime Trump lawyer Boris Epshteyn told his friend, \u201cI\u2019m in a pretty good place now. I\u2019m the chairman of Paul Weiss,\u201d according to <i>Regime Change <\/i>by Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan.<\/p>\n<p>Staff was also irate that around the time of the White House deal, the firm took down Paul Weiss\u2019s website for the Center to Combat Hate, which detailed their work litigating cases against the organizers of a 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville and the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers for their role in the Jan. 6 insurrection attempt. <\/p>\n<p>After much internal strife, the website ultimately went back up, but omitted any mention of the suits against the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers over their role in Jan. 6, the Times reported. <\/p>\n<p>The Daily Beast has reached out to Paul Weiss for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Several high-profile attorneys at the firm ultimately left as a result of the deal and the other public fiascos.<\/p>\n<p>But what appeared to be the final nail in the coffin for Karp\u2019s time leading the firm was his previously undisclosed relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, which was outed by Trump\u2019s Department of Justice. While Karp had told his colleagues that his name would appear in the DOJ-released \u201cEpstein Files,\u201d he did not appear to be entirely forthcoming about the extent of their relationship. <\/p>\n<p>One document showed Karp advising Epstein in 2019, the year he was indicted for federal sex crimes, even though Epstein was not a client of the firm. One of the documents showed an email in which Karp advised Epstein on a legal filing responding to some women who had accused Epstein of abusing them when they were minors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe draft motion is in great shape. It\u2019s overwhelmingly persuasive. Truly,\u201d Mr. Karp wrote to Mr. Epstein. \u201cI particularly liked the argument that the \u2018victims\u2019 lied in wait and sat on their rights for their strategic advantage, knowing you were in prison, before they came forward,\u201d Mr. Karp added.<\/p>\n<p>The Times reported that Karp was forced to step down as chairman shortly after the Epstein revelations as staff determined that he was a liability to the firm.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4768\">Republican Lawmaker Outs Trump\u2019s Reflecting Pool Lies<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A top law firm chairman\u2019s controversial capitulation to President Donald Trump\u2019s demands created staunch internal divisions, according to a new bombshell report. 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