Jeffrey Epstein’s former lawyer has claimed the convicted sex offender never created a “client list,” and said there was no suggestion that President Trump had done “anything improper or even questionable.”
In an opinion piece written for the Wall Street Journal, famed attorney Alan Dershowitz said he knows “the facts” and wanted to make “several important things clear” amid a political firestorm over FBI files related to the late, disgraced financier.
“Epstein never created a ‘client list.’ The FBI interviewed alleged victims who named several ‘clients.’ These names have been redacted,” Dershowitz wrote.
He also stressed that “we don’t know whether the accusations are true” and that the names mentioned “don’t include any current officeholders.”
The high-powered attorney also dismissed the existence “incriminating videos” taken by hidden cameras in guest bedrooms at Epstein’s home.
“There are videotapes, but they are of public areas of his Palm Beach, Fla., home,” he wrote, adding that the cameras were installed by the police after Epstein reported that money and a gun had been stolen from a drawer in the living room.
“I am not aware of video cameras in guest bedrooms.” he said, before dismissing claims of Epstein having compromising material related to Trump.
“Open records show an acquaintance between Epstein and Mr. Trump many years ago,” he said. That relationship ended when Mr. Trump reportedly banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago, long before becoming president.
“I have seen nothing that would suggest anything improper or even questionable by Mr. Trump.”
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