Dershowitz Says Courts Preventing Him From Releasing Epstein Docs

Alan Dershowitz says he’s sitting on files that could reshape public understanding of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal — but claims federal judges are preventing him from turning them over. The famed civil libertarian made the appeal directly to the camera during an interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored, urging the court to authorize immediate release.

“I have them in my possession, my lawyers have them. Judge, let me give them to Piers Morgan. I want to give them to Piers Morgan. Why, Judge, are you preventing me from disclosing material that would be very, very important in putting a whole picture on this thing?” Dershowitz said.

Moments earlier on the program, Mike Nellis — a “social impact entrepreneur” and former adviser to Kamala Harris — tried to minimize the significance of what Dershowitz controls. He insisted the files make up only “about 3% of what would be considered the Epstein files,” before claiming the Biden Justice Department and White House could “end this at any time” by releasing the far larger bulk of material.

Dershowitz shot down that assertion immediately. “No, they can’t,” he replied.

“It’ll never end as long as judges are sealing depositions,” he continued. “I know what’s in those documents! I know something you don’t know! I know what’s in those documents. That’s why it’s so important to get these judicial documents out there, if the judge will give me permission.”

Because Dershowitz served as Epstein’s attorney, many of their communications are still shielded by attorney–client privilege — even after Epstein’s death — meaning he can’t simply waive disclosure on his own. But the renewed public scrutiny comes after a week of newly released emails that Democrats have seized on to push insinuations about President Donald Trump, despite a lack of substantive evidence.

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released roughly 20,000 pages of estate records from Epstein, along with emails that included pointed references to Trump. A committee press release described the batch as documents “from the Epstein estate.”

In one message dated April 2, 2011, Epstein wrote to Ghislaine Maxwell that “that dog that hasn’t barked is Trump … [victim] spent hours at my house with him.” Another from December 2018 included Epstein’s jab that Trump was “borderline insane. Dersh, a few feet further from the border but not by much.” And on February 1, 2019, Epstein asserted: “Trump knew of it. and came to my house many times during that period … He never got a massage.”

The White House blasted Democrats for weaponizing selective leaks to “create a fake narrative” about the president.

Dershowitz, for his part, emphasized that the real roadblock isn’t President Trump — it’s the federal bench.

“It’s not the White House that’s keeping a lot of the most important material out,” he said. “It’s judges — three federal judges in New York have sealed depositions. I want those depositions out there!”

He repeated: “I know what’s in those documents!”

The push to unseal the court records also reached Capitol Hill. House Speaker Mike Johnson highlighted Congress’s recent progress returning to regular order and rejected claims that President Trump is somehow implicated in Epstein’s operations. Johnson indicated that the Republican House is prepared to move forward with legislation to force broad disclosure of Epstein-related materials.

“They’re doing this to go after President Trump on this theory that he has something to do with it. He does not,” Johnson said.

Johnson added that the president isn’t remotely concerned about the allegations.

“I talk with him all the time. He has nothing to do with this. He’s frustrated that they [Democrats] are turning it into a political issue, and it’s not surprising because the Democrats have nothing else to talk about,” he said.

The Speaker confirmed that the discharge petition is heading back to the House floor and expects a strong bipartisan margin to move file-release legislation forward.

“There’s nothing to hide, and the Oversight Committee is releasing far more information than the discharge petition little gambit ever even anticipated,” Johnson said. “The discharge is totally moot. It is a political exercise, and we’re going to dispense with that this week.”