Former Epstein Lawyer Alan Dershowitz Spills on the Files: ‘I Know Who They Are’

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Alan Dershowitz, the celebrity lawyer who once represented Jeffrey Epstein, took to The Wall Street Journal to spill everything that he knows — and is allowed to share — about the Epstein files on Tuesday.

“I was Jeffrey Epstein’s lawyer. I know the facts, some of which I can’t disclose because it is privileged or subject to court-imposed sealing orders,” began Dershowitz in his matter-of-fact op-ed.

“Epstein never created a ‘client list.’ The FBI interviewed alleged victims who named several ‘clients.’ These names have been redacted. They should be disclosed but the courts have ordered them sealed. I know who they are. They don’t include any current officeholders. We don’t know whether the accusations are true,” he continued before calling on the media to “petition the courts for the release of all names and information so the public can draw its own conclusions.”

Dershowitz went on to dispel myths about Epstein keeping videotapes of high-profile guests’ activities in his guest bedrooms (“There are videotapes, but they are of public areas of his Palm Beach, Fla., home), Epstein’s relationship with Trump (“I have seen nothing that would suggest anything improper or even questionable by Mr. Trump”), and the idea that Epstein was murdered in his prison cell (“It is clear from the evidence that Epstein committed suicide”), before taking on one more theory that’s gained steam of late.

“I have absolutely no doubt that Epstein never worked for any intelligence agency. If he had, he would surely have told me and his other lawyers, who would have used that information to get him a better deal. (He wasn’t satisfied with the so-called sweetheart deal he got, which required him to spend 1½ years in a local jail and register as a sex offender.) My sources in Israel have confirmed to me that he had no connection to Israeli intelligence,” wrote Dershowitz. “That false story—recently peddled by Tucker Carlson—probably emanated from credible allegations that Robert Maxwell (1923-91), father of Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, worked with the Mossad.”

“Conspiracy stories attract readers, viewers and listeners. They are also fodder for political attacks,” he concluded. “The Epstein case has generated more than its share of such theories, and there is nothing more annoying to gossip mongers than when stubborn facts (or the absence of facts) get in the way of a juicy theory. Sorry to disappoint you, but there is really nothing much to see here, beyond what has already been disclosed.”