By Jim Thomas | Tuesday, 23 December 2025 06:56 PM EST
Harvard Law School Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz forcefully rejected claims tied to Epstein accuser Maria Farmer during a Newsmax interview on Tuesday while urging full transparency as the Justice Department faces scrutiny over its redacted release of Epstein records.
Appearing on “The Record With Greta Van Susteren,” Dershowitz disputed assertions that Farmer was vindicated by newly released federal documents and challenged the credibility of allegations connected to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. Responding to a claim that Farmer had been vindicated, Dershowitz said, “You said that the woman in 1996 was vindicated; she wasn’t vindicated.”
“This is Maria Farmer – she is a complete and total nutcase,” he continued. “She believes the Holocaust didn’t occur. She thinks Jews control the world. She thinks that all Jews are pedophiles.” Dershowitz said.
“Of course, the FBI didn’t believe her in 1996. Nobody would believe her. She’s a complete nutcase except to CNN,” he added, though the reference to CNN was removed per editorial guidelines. “Understand, Maria Farmer said she saw me once in Jeffrey Epstein’s house before I ever met Jeffrey Epstein. I mean, she sees ghosts. This is a completely non-credible nutcase that nobody should believe.”
He insisted such claims were unfounded and warned that selective transparency harms legitimate victims. “Many of these women — 20-year-olds, 21-year-olds, 23-year-olds — were making $250 a shot for bringing 14-year-olds to Jeffrey Epstein for sex. Let’s prosecute them,” Dershowitz stated, noting the FBI would have rejected Farmer’s allegations at the time and characterizing the situation as “pure McCarthyism.”
Dershowitz argued that partial transparency distorts the record and urged accountability, saying he has studied the case extensively since becoming Epstein’s lawyer in 2006. “I know more about this case, probably, than any person around,” he remarked. Farmer and her sister Annie have described the recent Justice Department release of redacted files as a breakthrough, claiming Maria filed one of the earliest complaints against Epstein in the 1990s.
