Alan Dershowitz stated on Sunday that Congress should fully investigate the circumstances surrounding Jeffrey Epstein’s death and make all related records public. He warned that without transparency, the case could remain a mystery.
Speaking at an event, Dershowitz addressed reports that Tova Noel, one of the prison guards accused of failing to conduct regular checks on Epstein prior to his 2019 death, will testify before the House Oversight Committee on March 26. “We know there were people out there who had motives to try to silence him,” he said. “We also know that he thought he had a chance of getting out on bail two or three days after they found his body, and so he really wasn’t motivated to kill himself.”
Dershowitz emphasized the security protocols at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn would have made outside interference difficult. “It’s very hard to imagine anybody getting through the security of the Metropolitan Detention Center,” he noted. “If he was killed, it would have to have been an inside job and it has to be investigated.”
He urged open investigation into Epstein’s New Mexico property, known as Zorro Ranch: “I visited the property when it was under construction, and it was a construction site. But everything should be investigated. This should be an open book. There should be no redactions.”
Dershowitz also highlighted Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a federal prison sentence for her role with Epstein, as potentially critical to the investigation: “She is, in many ways, the Rosetta stone. She made the arrangements. She did the plane reservations and the hotel reservations. So she has a lot to offer.”
He suggested that prosecutors could consider incentives such as early release to secure Maxwell’s cooperation, stating: “If she’s given a deal, her very excellent lawyer will come forward with a lot of new information.”
Dershowitz warned that without thorough inquiry, the case could become one of history’s unsolved mysteries. “Otherwise, this is going to go down in history as one of those other unsolved mysteries, along with the Kennedy assassination and many others,” he added.
He stated that full disclosure would serve both justice and those falsely accused: “I hope she does say everything, give every piece of information out. Then the guilty people will be found out, and the innocent people will be exculpated.”
