Attorney Alan Dershowitz is sounding the alarm on a judicial cover-up in the Jeffrey Epstein saga that refuses to die.
According to the Washington Examiner, in a bombshell interview with the Washington Examiner on Thursday evening, Dershowitz accused two federal judges in New York of deliberately sealing critical court records tied to Epstein’s notorious sex trafficking network, alleging it’s all to shield certain unnamed individuals.
This isn’t just idle gossip; federal court filings in the Southern District of New York confirm that multiple Epstein-related cases, including the 2019 criminal case against him and a defamation suit involving Ghislaine Maxwell, still have numerous documents locked away from public view.
Let’s rewind to the heart of this mess: Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier, died on August 10, 2019, in a Manhattan jail cell, with the Department of Justice later releasing 10 hours of footage to back their claim of suicide over foul play.
Despite his death, the legal battles rage on, with cases like United States v. Jeffrey Epstein—dismissed after his passing—and Giuffre v. Maxwell, a defamation lawsuit against Maxwell, still partially under wraps.
In the defamation case, Senior U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska has trickled out some documents but keeps others sealed, supposedly to protect third parties, while Judge Richard M. Berman, overseeing the criminal case, has never released grand jury materials or victim filings.
Dershowitz, at 86, isn’t backing down, insisting, “Right now, everything should come out,” and pointing fingers at the judiciary for what he calls “selective censorship.”
His frustration is palpable, and frankly, who can blame him when the public is still in the dark about key details of a case this explosive? If transparency is the cornerstone of justice, these sealed files are starting to look like a locked vault of inconvenient truths.
Meanwhile, Ghislaine Maxwell, now 63, sits in prison serving a 20-year sentence for aiding Epstein’s abuse of minors, still fighting her conviction through appeals, while the question of who else was involved looms large.
This week, the DOJ dropped a two-page memo denying the existence of a so-called “client list,” a move that’s ignited fury among transparency advocates, especially allies of former President Donald Trump who expected more openness.
Even Attorney General Pam Bondi isn’t spared the heat, though Dershowitz suggests the judiciary, not Bondi or the DOJ, holds the keys to these sealed records—hardly a comforting excuse when promises of disclosure seem to evaporate. Adding fuel to the fire, Bondi previously estimated 200 to 250 Epstein victims, while the DOJ now claims over 1,000, a staggering discrepancy that raises eyebrows about what else might be hidden.
Bondi also let slip earlier this year that there are “tens of thousands” of hours of illicit video material tied to Epstein, a detail not previously public in court filings, leaving many wondering just how deep this rabbit hole goes.
With court records suggesting dozens of victims contrasted against the DOJ’s new 1,000-plus figure, it’s no surprise critics are accusing the government of playing fast and loose with the facts—hardly the accountability we deserve on an issue this grave.
As Dershowitz himself put it, “There are judges who are protecting people,” and until those seals are broken, the public’s trust in a system meant to deliver justice will remain as shaky as ever.
