Robbie Karp

Robbie Karp FEC donations 2004-2023: 21 contributions totaling approx 10,500 to Democratic candidates including Nadler, Fetterman, Gillibrand, DNC, Beasley, Jackie Gordon, Joy Fox, Kathy Manning, Scott Cooper, and Jamie Metzl. Listed as self-employed consultant from New York NY.

FEC records show Robbie Karp as consistent Democratic donor from 2004-2023: Nadler for Congress (2x1000), Fetterman for PA (250), Gillibrand for Senate (250), DNC (500), Cheri Beasley for NC (1000), Jackie Gordon for Congress (500), Joy Fox for Congress (500), Kathy Manning for Congress (1000 - listed employer Karp Randel LLC, co-president), Scott Cooper for Congress (1000), Friends of Jamie Metzl (1000 - 2004, listed as LIZ CLAIBORNE SENIOR VP). Many routed through ActBlue. All from New York NY address.

Comprehensive negative results: Robbie Karp has zero footprint in corporate registries (8 jurisdictions), zero UCC filings, zero lobbying records, zero OpenSanctions entries, zero Deutsche Bank DS10 transactions, zero ICIJ offshore records, zero ProPublica 990 nonprofit filings, zero CourtListener records. Her only financial footprint is FEC donations, SEC insider filings (Liz Claiborne 2007-2008), and ACRIS executor role. Investigatively significant: a former Fortune 500 SVP and wife of major law firm chairman has remarkably minimal public financial footprint.

FL SunBiz re-verified Feb 15 2026 after entity-name search fix (corprindata→cordata). Generic name matches found but none connected to Epstein network (no known associates as officers, no known addresses). Original conclusion unchanged.

ACRIS property records: Brad and Roberta Karp co-served as executors of Estate of Sondra Karp (2010, c/o Paul Weiss). Property at 10 Park Avenue Unit 14R, Manhattan (Block 864 Lot 35) transferred from Estate of Sondra Karp to Brad Karp at 115 Central Park West. Brad subsequently sold 10 Park Ave 14R in 2018 for 505,000 to Analisse Taft and James Gersten.

Two ACRIS transactions: (1) Doc 2010081200783001: RPTT filed Aug 2010. Grantors: Estate of Sondra Karp + Brad Karp as Executor + Roberta Karp as Executor (all c/o Paul Weiss, 1285 Avenue of the Americas). Grantee: Brad Karp at 115 Central Park West. Property: 10 Park Avenue Unit 14R. Amount: 0 (estate transfer). (2) Doc 2018071200423001: RPTT filed Jul 2018. Grantor: Brad Karp at 115 Central Park West. Grantees: Analisse Taft and James Gersten at 10 Park Avenue Apt 14R. Amount: 505,000. Same BBL 1/864/35. Sondra Karp was likely Brad Karp mother or relative.

Advisor to Aequi Acquisition Corp (CIK 0001823826), a growth-focused SPAC that raised M in IPO (Nov 2020). Filed S-1 and 10-K with SEC. Named in SEC EDGAR filings. Also listed in Fifth & Pacific Companies (formerly Liz Claiborne) SEC filings including DEF 14A proxy (2001) and S-4 registration (2013).

FEC donations (employer: Karp Randel): Schumer ,800 (2021), Lasry for Wisconsin ,900 (2021), Alsobrooks for Senate ,300 (2024), Alsobrooks Victory Fund ,300 (2024), Kathy Manning ,000 (2022), Kara Hahn ,000 (2021), Ossoff Victory ,000 (2020). Democratic donor aligned with NYC establishment.

FEC records show KARP ROBBIE from New York NY as consistent Democratic donor (2019-2023). Donations to: Nadler for Congress ($1K x2), Fetterman for PA ($250), Gillibrand for Senate ($250), DNC ($500), Cheri Beasley ($1K), Jackie Gordon ($500), Joy Fox for Congress ($500), Kathy Manning ($1K), Scott Cooper ($1K), plus ActBlue passthrough. Employer listed as self-employed or KARP RANDEL LLC (Jan 2022). Donation levels modest ($250-1K) vs Brad Karp who gives at $2.5K-25K levels to same party.

Brad Karp FEC donations 2024-2025 show major Democratic bundler activity: 25,000 to Harris Victory Fund/DNC (Sep 2024), 15,000 DSCC, 10,000 DNC, multiple 3,300 max-outs including Alsobrooks, John Avlon, Mark Warner, Dan Goldman, Suozzi. All listed employer Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton and Garrison, Attorney, from New York NY.

Brad Karp political donations demonstrate elite political bundler profile consistent with LittleSis classification as Biden bundler (2008). Key 2024-2025 donations: Harris Victory Fund 25,000 (Sep 14 2024), DSCC 15,000+10,000 (Oct 2024), Mark Warner 2,500+3,300 (2024-2025), Alsobrooks 3,300x2 (Sep 2024), John Avlon 3,300x2 (Jul 2024), Dan Goldman 2,000 (May 2024), Suozzi 3,500 (Jun 2025). Total visible in 30-record sample exceeds 100,000.

Epstein referenced Robbie Karp by name in Nov 21, 2017 email to Brad Karp. Subject: charlie. Message: I guess your wife can feel vindicated :). Brad replied: Jeez. She certainly does not feel special. Date coincides exactly with Charlie Rose firing from CBS/PBS for sexual misconduct. Implies Epstein knew Robbie Karp personally and they had discussed Charlie Rose, with Robbie having expressed negative views about Rose that Epstein remembered.

Co-chaired President Clinton White House Apparel Industry Partnership (1996-1999). Established historic Code of Conduct and independent monitoring system, now enforced through the Fair Labor Association. This was during her tenure as VP Corporate Affairs at Liz Claiborne and demonstrates high-level Clinton administration access.

President of the Perelman Family Foundation (2014-2015). Ronald Perelman is in Epstein black book (page 43) with 2 phone numbers and 1 address. Perelman hosted 1995 Clinton fundraiser in Palm Beach that Epstein attended. Paul Weiss (Brad Karp firm) also represents Perelman MacAndrews & Forbes. Triple nexus: philanthropic, legal, and social overlap between Karp family and Perelman-Epstein sphere.

Both Karp children (David and Meredith) attended Epstein-organized Woody Allen film screening on May 19, 2014. Attendee list: Eva (Dubin), Glenn (Dubin), Brad Karp, David Karp, Meredith Karp, Jes Staley, Staley wife, Staley daughter Alexa, Staley MIL. Notably Robbie Karp NOT on this list. Shows Epstein-Karp family relationship extended beyond Brad to both children, socializing with Dubins and Jes Staley.

Brad Karp's wife is referenced obliquely in multiple emails but NEVER by name. References: (1) EFTA02564029: Epstein to Karp re Charlie Rose sexual harassment article 'I guess your wife can feel vindicated :)' - Karp replies 'Jeez. She certainly doesn't feel special.' (2) EFTA02466803: Karp to Epstein re Ruemmler birthday 'My wife's too. I'll never forget Kathy's birthday\!' - Epstein replies 'you can tell your wife, it is kathys that you always remember so your wife is safe.' (3) EFTA02494288: Karp says 'I think I'm coming solo tonight. My son just had some minor knee surgery yesterday' - implying wife was sometimes expected at Epstein dinners. (4) EFTA02340072: Bebe Avdiu schedule note for July 21, 2015 dinner with Woody Allen/Soon Yi lists 'Brad Karp and his so[n]'. Despite exhaustive search of 331K DOJ pages, 204K DugganUSA docs, 60K LMSBAND, 70K Unified DB, and 25K Epstein 20K docs, the name 'Robbie Karp' appears ZERO times in the entire Epstein document corpus.

Brad and Robbie Karp shared political donation pattern: both donate to same Democratic candidates from same NYC address. Brad is major bundler (100K+ visible, Biden bundler 2008) while Robbie gives smaller amounts (500-1000 range). Both donated to Nadler for Congress. Brad also donated to Hillary Clinton, Obama, Schumer, multiple Senate/House Democrats. Robbie donated to Jamie Metzl (2004 when at Liz Claiborne), then post-2019 to progressive Democratic slate.

Donation overlap analysis: Both Karps donated to Nadler for Congress (Brad per LittleSis 2010, Robbie per FEC 2022 and 2023 at 1000 each). Brad is a prolific political donor with 30+ recipients visible in FEC data including Harris Victory Fund 25,000, multiple DNC/DSCC 5-figure donations. Robbie gives more modest amounts: 250-1000 per candidate. No donations to Republicans from either. Brad was classified as Obama/Biden bundler (LittleSis). The political donation pattern shows coordinated household political engagement typical of elite NYC legal/corporate families.

Liz Claiborne (where Robbie Karp was SVP/General Counsel) explicitly listed Saipan as sourcing country in SEC 10-K filings (FY2000-2003). Company sourced from ~38 countries. Though not initially named defendant, Liz Claiborne was 'advised in writing' it would be added as party if no consensual resolution — entered settlement negotiations. Named as defendant in Doe I v. Brylane LP (mirror action). Three parallel lawsuits: (1) CA Superior Court (UNITE/Global Exchange alleging unfair competition), (2) Federal RICO/Alien Tort Claims Act (peonage, indentured servitude, treble damages), (3) FLSA action in Saipan. Settlement preliminary approval May 10, 2002.

ACRIS records show Roberta Karp served as co-executor (alongside Brad Karp) of the Estate of Sondra Karp in 2010 NYC property transfer (doc 2010081200783001). Estate transferred 10 Park Avenue Apt 14R (Manhattan Block 864 Lot 35) to Brad Karp at 115 Central Park West. Both executors used Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP address (1285 Avenue of the Americas). Sondra Karp is likely Brad Karp's mother. Brad later sold the unit in 2018 for $505K (doc 2018071200423001).

Zero court appearances as a party. CourtListener search for Robbie Karp (20 results, none matching), Robin Karp (4 bankruptcy/Kansas cases, none matching), Roberta Karp (0 matching), and Roberta Schuhalter Karp (0 results). Also zero FARA registrations, zero LDA lobbying filings, zero OpenSanctions records, zero LittleSis relationships. No litigation, regulatory, or sanctions exposure found in any database searched.

SYNTHESIS: Robbie Karp co-chaired Clinton's White House Apparel Industry Partnership (1996-99) as 'the business side's point person on sweatshops' while serving as SVP/General Counsel of Liz Claiborne. The AIP created a voluntary self-regulation framework (Fair Labor Association) that was criticized as toothless — two labor unions and ICCR walked out. Simultaneously, Jack Abramoff (M from CNMI govt) killed 29 legislative reform bills that would have extended actual federal labor law to Saipan. In 1999, three class actions (RICO, involuntary servitude, criminal peonage) were filed on behalf of 30,000 trafficked garment workers against 26 retailers including BOTH Liz Claiborne (Robbie's employer) and The Limited (Wexner). DOI documented forced abortions and sex trafficking of workers. Settled for $20M in 2004, no wrongdoing admitted. The AIP's voluntary framework was precisely the substitute for real legislation that the garment industry and its lobbyists needed.

SYNTHESIS: Acosta-Pizzella-CNMI convergence. Alexander Acosta (who gave Epstein the 2008 sweetheart plea deal) resigned as Secretary of Labor on July 12, 2019. His replacement as acting Secretary of Labor was Patrick Pizzella — who had lobbied alongside Jack Abramoff in the 1990s-2000s to block worker protections in CNMI/Saipan, where 30,000 garment workers were subjected to forced labor, forced abortions, and sex trafficking while making clothes for Liz Claiborne (Robbie Karp as GC) and The Limited (Wexner). The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights accused Pizzella of working with Abramoff to lobby for policies 'that essentially allowed for unchecked slave labor.' The man who replaced the man who protected Epstein had previously protected the forced-labor/sex-trafficking system that supplied Wexner's and Karp's companies.

Career: Attorney at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel NYC (1983-1986). Then Liz Claiborne Inc for 20+ years (1986-2008): Legal Counsel to VP/GC, then SVP Corporate Affairs & General Counsel. Also served as SVP Business Development & Legal Affairs and GC at Kate Spade & Co. Director at Kate Spade Foundation (1994-2014).

Robbie Karp full legal name is Roberta Schuhalter Karp. Former SVP at Liz Claiborne/Kate Spade (SEC CIK 1401123). Currently self-employed consultant and co-president of Karp Randel LLC.

Confirmed via: (1) SEC EDGAR CIK 1401123 registered as Karp Roberta Schuhalter with mailing address at Liz Claiborne Inc, 1441 Broadway NYC, phone 212-295-7833. Filed Form 3 (May 2007) and four Form 4s (2007-2008) for Liz Claiborne Inc. (2) FEC records show KARP ROBBIE MRS employed at LIZ CLAIBORNE as SENIOR VP in 2004 donation. (3) LittleSis entity 63898 identifies Roberta Schuhalter Karp as SVP Business Development and Legal/Corporate Affairs at Kate Spade and Company. (4) ACRIS document 2010081200783001 shows ROBERTA KARP AS EXECUTOR of Estate of Sondra Karp alongside Brad Karp, c/o Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton and Garrison LLP, 1285 Avenue of the Americas.

Full legal name is Roberta Schuhalter Karp (SEC CIK 0001401123). Served as Senior VP Corporate Affairs and General Counsel at Liz Claiborne Inc (CIK 0000352363) from at least 2001 through 2008+. Appears in 25 SEC filings (10-Ks, DEF 14As, 8-Ks, Form 3/4). Filed Section 16 insider forms from 2007-2008. Held 38,703 shares of LIZ common stock as of Form 3 (May 2007). Business address 1441 Broadway NY 10018.

SEC EDGAR: Roberta Schuhalter Karp (CIK 1401123) filed 5 insider transaction reports for Liz Claiborne Inc (CIK 352363, file 001-10689) between May 2007 and May 2008. Filed initial Form 3 (ownership statement) May 29, 2007 and four Form 4s (changes in ownership) through May 2008. Mailing address: Liz Claiborne Inc, 1441 Broadway, New York NY 07047.

SEC filings: (1) Form 3 filed 2007-05-29 (initial insider ownership), accession 0001209191-07-033443. (2) Form 4 filed 2007-07-17, accession 0001209191-07-042857. (3) Form 4 filed 2008-02-29, accession 0001209191-08-014637. (4) Form 4 filed 2008-03-11, accession 0001209191-08-017481. (5) Form 4 filed 2008-05-19, accession 0001209191-08-031525. Also named in Liz Claiborne 8-K (Aug 2003, exhibit 99-1: Notice to Directors and SEC 16 Officers), suggesting she was already an insider by 2003 even though formal SEC filings start 2007.

Current board positions: Chairman of The Educational Alliance Inc; Secretary & Director of Human Rights First; Director of The Chazen Fund (domestic violence); Board member Charles H. Revson Foundation. Co-founded Karp Randel LLC (2015) social impact consultancy with Jane Randel. Clients include Uber and NFL on sexual assault/domestic violence programs. David Rockefeller Fellow (2000-2001, Partnership for NYC).

Brad Karp's wife's birthday is April 19 - same day as Kathy Ruemmler's. On Apr 19, 2018, Epstein texted Karp 'Ruemmler birthday today.' Karp replied 'My wife's too. I'll never forget Kathy's birthday\!' Epstein responded 'you can tell your wife, it is kathys that you always remember - so your wife is safe.' This shared birthday is investigatively notable: it means every year Karp was reminded of the Epstein/Ruemmler connection on a personal date, reinforcing the social web.

Karp Randel LLC: Entity listed as employer of Robbie Karp (co-president) in single FEC donation Jan 2022. Not registered in NY SoS, not in registry.db (CO/FL/NY/NM/PA/VI/UK/CA), not in SEC EDGAR. Zero corporate footprint in all searched databases. May be DBA, trade name, or registered in another jurisdiction (e.g. DE, CT).

FL SunBiz re-verified Feb 15 2026 after entity-name search fix (corprindata→cordata). Generic name matches found but none connected to Epstein network (no known associates as officers, no known addresses). Original conclusion unchanged.

Zero appearances in Epstein document corpus. Searched: DOJ Vol 11 (0 results), DugganUSA (91 results all for Roberta Kaplan, a different person -- the attorney at Kaplan Hecker & Fink who represented Epstein victims), LMSBAND (0), Unified DB (0), Investigations DB (0), Epstein 20K (0), EpsteinExposed (0 persons). Robbie Karp does not appear in any Epstein-related documents, emails, or correspondence. All 91 DugganUSA hits were for Roberta Kaplan, Esq. at Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP who goes by Robbie and represented Epstein victims in USVI compensation proceedings.

Full name Roberta Schuhalter Karp (born 1958, Livingston NY). Wife of Brad S. Karp. Education: BS Environmental Studies SUNY Binghamton; JD Hofstra University 1983 (Articles Editor of Law Review). Admitted NY Bar 1984. Children: David Karp (Cornell 2016, filmmaker) and Meredith Karp.

Corpus-wide negative result: The name Robbie Karp appears ZERO times in the entire Epstein document corpus (DOJ Vol 11 331K docs, DugganUSA 204K, LMSBAND 60K, Unified 70K). All 91 DugganUSA hits for Robbie Karp are actually Roberta Kaplan of Kaplan Hecker and Fink LLP (victims attorney, not Brad Karp wife). DOJ Vol 11 returns 0 results. Schuhalter returns 0. Sondra Karp returns 0. Brad Karp wife is referenced only obliquely in Epstein emails as his wife, never by name.

Comprehensive search across all document corpora: DOJ Vol 11 search Robbie Karp: 0 results. DOJ search Karp Robbie: 0 results. DOJ search Schuhalter: 0 results. DOJ search Sondra Karp: 0 results. DugganUSA Robbie Karp: 91 hits, ALL are Roberta (Robbie) Kaplan of Kaplan Hecker and Fink LLP, victims compensation program attorney. LMSBAND: 0. Unified DB: 0. This is investigatively significant: Epstein carefully avoided using Brad Karp wife name in documented communications despite Brad visiting 9 E 71st and bringing family (son) to Epstein events.