It pains me to write this rant and I hope I am wrong. I like Dershowitz because he has been a straight shooter on the law. He voted for Hillary but supported Trump through the impeachment nonsense. I disagree with some of his opinions but they are always well reasoned.

I don’t know if you recall, but a few months back allegations came out that he was one of abusers of underage girls as part of the Epstein ring. At the time he came out with a vigorous defense and supposedly had proof to show he wasn’t where he was alleged to be and things seemed to go away.

Unfortunately, yesterday a lot of discovery material from the Epstein case in I believe 2005 and the Ghislaine Maxwell case in 2018 was released. It appears that there are several witnesses who corroborate the allegations against him. Now it could be true that this is a smear campaign, but if it is, it goes back a long way.

Here’s the thing that made me write this rant. It turns out, which I previously knew, that Dershowitz was one of the attorneys representing Epstein in the early case. Now here’s what I didn’t know until today. Dershowitz negotiated the Deferred Prosecution Agreement or DPA that got Epstein off with pretty much just a hand slap. Ok that’s a great job by an attorney. However, what I learned today is that part of that DPA contained a provision granting immunity from prosecution for any un-named co- conspirators. Thus he negotiated a get out of jail free card for himself and others. Maxwell’s attorneys are all ready saying that they will use it in her defense.

From what I can tell that provision was unprecedented and hidden from the victims who were supposed to be informed. This stinks and it appears that Dershowitz may have real problems ahead.

I’m linking to the Redstate article that lays it all out.

Alan Dershowitz, Prince Andrew, Bill Richardson and … Bill Clinton: All Named in Epstein Court Documents as Involved With Underage Girls

PS: Dershowitz made the same defense tonight that he did months ago. And it sounds plausible except for his statement that he wasn’t a close friend of Epstein and that he had no idea about Epstein’s proclivities. I wish I had casual acquaintances that would lend me their mansions and islands and fly me around in their private 727 jet. Hopefully this time there will be a thorough investigation and I truly hope he’s innocent. Time will tell.

PPS: I don’t believe for one second that he didn’t know what was in the DPA. If he didn’t then he wasn’t doing his job. Now I have never been anything but the lead counsel on a case and I don’t know what Dershowitz position on the team was but I have never negotiated a deal that wasn’t known and vetted by my other attorneys.