Dershowitz: Judges suppressing Epstein information, not Trump administration
Jeffrey Epstein’s former lawyer Alan Dershowitz said two judges in New York are suppressing information about the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender’s case, not the Trump administration.
His comments come as President Trump and his Justice Department (DOJ) have been under heavy fire over its handling of the documents in the case.
Dershowitz, who helped get a plea deal for Epstein in 2008, said that there’s no Epstein “client list,” just a redacted FBI affidavit from accusers.
“There are several of them from accusers that accuse Jeffrey — that accuse various people of having improper sex, and that has been redacted, the names of the people accused have been blacked out. Now, of course, because I was lawyer and I did all the investigations, I know who all these people are,” Dershowitz said Monday in an appearance on NewsNation’s “CUOMO.”
The former lawyer argued that none of the people in the affidavit are figures currently holding a public office.
“Some of them were previously in office. Some of them are dead. But there is no client list,” he told host Chris Cuomo. “And the redactions could be undone if you go to court.”
“So, many of the things that are being suppressed are being suppressed by two judges in Manhattan, and they’re doing it largely to protect the alleged accusers who are, in the view of the judges, victims, even though we don’t know what their actual status is,” he added.
Dershowitz reiterated that he cannot disclose more information due to judge’s orders, but said Attorney General Pam Bondi and Trump were “not responsible” for missing information.
“I don’t know of any information that they could disclose that they haven’t disclosed. Now maybe there is some, but I’m simply not aware of it,” he said. “And so, I think it’s important to place the blame where the blame deserves to be placed.”
Bondi, in particular, has faced strong pushback from the MAGA base after a joint DOJ and FBI memo, which came out last week, said there was no client list and that there’s no evidence to indicate Epstein was murdered in his New York City jail cell while awaiting sex trafficking charges. The medical examiner had already ruled his 2019 death a suicide.
Trump has stood in defense of Bondi, saying on Saturday that she is doing a “FANTASTIC JOB” and told his supporters to move on from the topic. Some within the movement, including activist Laura Loomer, have called for the attorney general to be fired.
Bondi said in a February interview on Fox News that she had the Epstein “client list” sitting on her desk for review. This month, she clarified her remarks, saying she was referring to documents regarding the Epstein case.
Conservative activist and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, a Trump ally, said he trusts the administration on handling the files, although he added that he would still love for the DOJ to unseal the grand jury testimony.
“Honestly, I’m done talking about Epstein for the time being,” Kirk said Monday during his show on Real America’s Voice. “I’m going to trust my friends in the administration, I’m going to trust my friends in the government to do what needs to be done, solve it, ball’s in their hands.”