Dershowitz: “There Never Was an Epstein Client List”
Attorney and former Epstein defender says the myth of a “black book” naming powerful clients is fiction - and no current officials are implicated
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Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz, who previously served as part of Jeffrey Epstein’s legal team, firmly denied the existence of an "Epstein client list" during an appearance on Newsmax's Wake Up America on Wednesday.
“There never has been,” Dershowitz said when asked if such a list exists. “Jeffrey Epstein never created a client list or black book of anyone who engaged in improper activity. That’s a fabrication.”
According to Dershowitz, while the FBI did conduct interviews and courts redacted names in official documents, no complete list of Epstein's alleged clients was ever compiled, at least not by Epstein himself or law enforcement agencies.
“I know who some of the redacted names are, from context,” he added, referencing his own investigation of court filings and FBI records. “None of them are current elected officials or prominent public figures.”
Dershowitz also argued that many of the names under seal are of individuals who are either deceased or retired and that no definitive proof of wrongdoing has been made public. “There are no smoking guns,” he said.
He also criticized the courts’ handling of the accusers’ credibility, saying that exculpatory or negative information about some of them has been suppressed.
“If we’re going to talk about full transparency, then every name, accuser and accused, should be released,” he said. “Let the public decide what’s credible and what isn’t.”
The remarks come amid growing political tension over the Epstein scandal. Despite recent reports that Ghislaine Maxwell is willing to testify before Congress, and calls from both parties to release more documents, the Justice Department maintains there is no master list of clients or associates linked to Epstein’s sex network.
Dershowitz, himself previously accused of misconduct by one Epstein accuser, which he has strongly denied and legally challenged, continues to maintain that much of the surrounding media narrative has been distorted by conspiracy theories and selective leaks.
As calls for transparency escalate on Capitol Hill, Dershowitz’s comments serve as a reminder that the full story remains contested - and far from resolved.