Dershowitz Says Judges Preventing Him From Releasing Epstein Docs
Harvard law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz says he wants to release key documents related to Jeffrey Epstein — but claims federal judges are blocking him from doing so, keeping critical context under wraps while Democrats selectively leak material meant to damage President Donald J. Trump.
Appearing Wednesday on Piers Morgan Uncensored, Dershowitz made a direct public appeal to the judiciary, asking that he be permitted to hand the files over.
“I have them in my possession, my lawyers have them. Judge, let me give them to Piers Morgan,” Dershowitz said, according to Mediaite. “Why, Judge, are you preventing me from disclosing material that would be very, very important in putting a whole picture on this thing?”
Moments earlier, self-described “social impact entrepreneur” Mike Nellis — a former Kamala Harris adviser — downplayed the importance of the documents Dershowitz controls. He claimed they represent only “about 3%” of the Epstein material and insisted that the White House or DOJ could “end this at any time” by releasing everything.
Dershowitz forcefully rejected that narrative.
“No, they can’t,” he said. “It’ll never end as long as judges are sealing depositions. I know what’s in those documents! I know something you don’t know!”
He argued the real roadblock is not the Trump administration but the federal courts:
“It’s not the White House that’s keeping a lot of the most important material out. It’s judges — three federal judges in New York have sealed depositions. I want those depositions out there!”
As Epstein’s former defense attorney, Dershowitz is constrained by attorney-client privilege, which survives Epstein’s death. But court-ordered seals — not the privilege — are what he says prevent him from disclosing critical information that would “put the whole picture together.”
The pressure campaign to weaponize the Epstein case flared again this week with the release of roughly 20,000 pages of estate records by the House Oversight Committee, along with a batch of emails that Democrats immediately used to push innuendo about Trump.
One April 2, 2011 message from Epstein to Ghislaine Maxwell read:
“that dog that hasn’t barked is Trump … [victim] spent hours at my house with him” — implying Trump had not yet been questioned.
Another email from December 2018 showed Epstein calling Trump “borderline insane. Dersh, a few feet further from the border but not by much.”
A February 1, 2019 email 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 what it described as a coordinated narrative operation.
“Selective leaks meant to create a fake narrative,” one official said, stressing that the materials lacked full context and were being used to smear the president.
Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing connected to Epstein — and no evidence has emerged contradicting those denials. The president cut ties with Epstein years before the scandal exploded, banning him from Mar-a-Lago long before the media took interest.
While many of the newly released estate documents are heavily redacted or already public, a bipartisan group in Congress is pushing for the DOJ to unseal all remaining Epstein files, ending what critics say is a years-long shielding of politically sensitive material.
Dershowitz maintains that judicial secrecy — not Trump — is the reason the public still lacks key facts.
“I know what’s in those documents,” he repeated on air. “That’s why it’s so important to get these judicial documents out there, if the judge will give me permission.”
With Democrats attempting to weaponize selective snippets and the courts blocking transparency, the Epstein saga continues to collide with attorney-client privilege, sealed filings, and a political environment in which President Trump remains the primary target of partisan attacks.