Former Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz told Newsmax on Sunday that the political firestorm surrounding newly sought Epstein documents mirrors the “new McCarthyism,” warning that allegations against public figures are increasingly detached from evidence.
“They’re going after the lawyers, people like myself who represented Jeffrey Epstein,” Dershowitz said on Newsmax’s “Sunday Report” about the Justice Department’s move last week to unseal grand jury transcripts in the Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking case.
The release may reveal important information, said Dershowitz, but he also warned that selective leaks and political misuse of the materials could distort the public’s understanding.
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