Ex-Trump attorney explodes after being named by DOJ over Epstein ties: ‘Defamation!’
Alan Dershowitz, former attorney for both President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, erupted Friday on Newsmax over what he said was a Justice Department document listing him as a “prominent” figure accused by Epstein’s victims.
“I want you to look at this paper that has been reproduced and sent by the Justice Department – it's called prominent names, and it's a list of prominent people who have been accused. Every single name of every accuser has been blacked out!” Dershowitz said, holding up the document.
“So, for example, let's turn to me: it says ‘blank blank’ stated she gave him a massage on Epstein's plane – parenthesis, ‘not a minor.’ I was never on an Epstein plane with a young woman, I never got a massage! This is total defamation, a total lie, but I can't disprove it because they won't give me her name!”
Dershowitz is among several prominent figures linked to Epstein who have faced allegations, including a claim by Virginia Giuffre that he raped her when she was 17, an allegation he has fiercely denied. Giuffre sued Dershowitz over the allegations, prompting Dershowitz to counter-sue before both parties settled in 2022. Giuffre would later die by apparent suicide.
An animated Dershowitz continued pleading his innocence, despite Newsmax host Bianca de la Garza trying – and failing – to interject. He also championed the recent news that Bill and Hillary Clinton had agreed to testify before the House Oversight Committee, and asked that he be considered to be called before the committee as well.
“I'm delighted that we're gonna see public hearings; let them call me to the public hearings, I'll tell them the truth about what happened!” Dershowitz continued. “I won't claim any privileges, I won't claim any inability to remember – I remember everything! And I know a great deal about it!”
No evidence exists to contradict Dershowitz’s claim that he had never flown on Epstein’s plane; however, his claim that he “never got a massage” stands at direct odds with remarks he made in 2019.
“I kept my underwear on during the massage,” Dershowitz said, admitting to having received a massage by an adult woman at Epstein’s New York mansion. “I don’t like massages particularly.”