Alan Dershowitz, a former attorney for Jeffrey Epstein, is calling on the US Department of Justice to release additional investigative records from its sex-trafficking probe into the late financier — and to offer Ghislaine Maxwell immunity in exchange for testimony on Epstein’s alleged crimes.
Speaking in an interview on Fox News Sunday, Dershowitz argued that materials currently being sought by Attorney General Pam Bondi, including grand jury transcripts, are unlikely to satisfy growing demands from supporters of former President Donald Trump, who have urged greater transparency in the Epstein case.
“I think the judge should release it, but they are not in the grand jury transcripts,” Dershowitz said. “For example, there is an FBI report of interviews with alleged victims in which at least one of the victims names very important people,” he added, noting that those names were redacted.
Epstein, who was awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges, died in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019 — a death officially ruled a suicide by the FBI. His former associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, was convicted in 2021 on five federal charges related to her role in the sexual abuse of underage girls and is currently appealing her 20-year sentence to the US Supreme Court.
Dershowitz said Maxwell holds vital information and should be granted “use immunity,” a legal protection that would allow her to testify without self-incrimination. “She knows everything. She is the Rosetta Stone,” he said. “If she were just given use immunity, she could be compelled to testify.”
Pressure on the Justice Department has mounted in recent weeks, particularly among Trump’s base. Earlier this year, Bondi had vowed to release key materials including flight logs and names associated with Epstein’s network. But that promise was recently rolled back after the DOJ and FBI issued a joint memo stating there was “no incriminating client list” and no evidence of blackmail, pushing back against long-standing conspiracy theories surrounding the case.
Following the backlash, Trump ordered the department to file a motion to unseal grand jury transcripts related to Epstein and Maxwell. That request was submitted last Friday to a federal court in Manhattan.
However, legal experts caution that even if the transcripts are unsealed, they may not contain the explosive revelations many expect. Grand jury records are typically limited in scope and do not include broader investigative findings or sensitive interview details unless directly presented during proceedings.
Dershowitz concluded that the real value lies in other classified documents not yet being pursued by the Justice Department. The information that Bondi did not request to be unsealed would be “far more informative and far more relevant,” he said.
Melissa Enoch
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