Harvard law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz is prepared to sit for a transcribed interview regarding his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in front of the House oversight committee next month.
The closed-door interview is scheduled for July 20, according to a source familiar with the planning.
Earlier this month, House oversight committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) asked the esteemed lawyer to appear before the panel and testify on the Epstein files. The chairman’s letter requested Dershowitz’s attendance for a transcribed interview on July 9.
The latest news suggests Dershowitz agreed to participate in the interview, but at a later date. He previously told Harvard’s student newspaper that he would be away on July 9.
Dershowitz previously said he was willing to testify “about everything” related to Epstein in a “videotaped, under oath and open to the public” interview, per Comer’s letter. The committee will release the transcript and video later, as has been the case for other witnesses who have testified on Epstein in recent months.
Dershowitz has not yet made a public statement confirming his attendance, nor has the House oversight committee announced the interview date.
Dershowitz previously served as Epstein’s attorney and helped negotiate a 2008 plea deal that let his client plead guilty to lesser charges in Florida rather than federal sex trafficking charges. Epstein died in August 2019 while awaiting federal trial on sex trafficking charges. One month before Epstein’s death, Dershowitz said he had no current legal or personal relationship with the disgraced financier.
Virginia Giuffre, the late Epstein victim, once accused Dershowitz of sexually abusing her before retracting her claim in 2022. She died by suicide last year. Dershowitz denied the sexual assault allegations and was never charged with wrongdoing related to Epstein.
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“I have nothing to hide,” he told the Harvard Crimson in a recent interview. “I did nothing wrong. I have never touched another woman, or even flirting. I don’t do that.”
Besides Dershowitz, the House oversight committee has reportedly scheduled Epstein-related interviews with private equity investor Leon Black on June 26, former Clinton adviser Doug Band on June 30, top Goldman Sachs lawyer Kathryn Ruemmler on July 15, and former Barclays CEO Jes Staley on July 23.