House panel to seek testimony from Alan Dershowitz about Jeffrey Epstein
Alan Dershowitz was a member of Epstein’s legal team that negotiated Epstein’s now-controversial 2008 plea deal. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenAlan Dershowitz was a member of Epstein’s legal team that negotiated Epstein’s now-controversial 2008 plea deal. And in 2014, Virginia Giuffre, an Epstein survivor, alleged that Dershowitz sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager as part of Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation.
- ▪Alan Dershowitz was a member of Epstein’s legal team that negotiated Epstein’s now-controversial 2008 plea deal.
- ▪Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenAlan Dershowitz was a member of Epstein’s legal team that negotiated Epstein’s now-controversial 2008 plea deal.
- ▪And in 2014, Virginia Giuffre, an Epstein survivor, alleged that Dershowitz sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager as part of Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation.
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Alan Dershowitz was a member of Epstein’s legal team that negotiated Epstein’s now-controversial 2008 plea deal. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenAlan Dershowitz was a member of Epstein’s legal team that negotiated Epstein’s now-controversial 2008 plea deal. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty ImagesJeffrey EpsteinHouse panel to seek testimony from Alan Dershowitz about Jeffrey EpsteinRepublican who chairs House panel says he based decision on testimony from Epstein’s longtime assistant Lesley GroffAnna BettsWed 10 Jun 2026 13.37 EDTLast modified on Wed 10 Jun 2026 13.57 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleRepresentative James Comer, the Republican who chairs the House committee on oversight and government reform, announced that he would be asking Alan Dershowitz,…
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