By: Edward Meraglia
Superstar lawyer Alan Dershowitz says he wants to see the tape at the epicenter of the Epstein sex claims.
The former Harvard law professor is insisting on getting his hands on a recording – he demands that it be returned from a forensic analyst — he says will help save his reputation.
“The cassette in question allegedly contains statements from attorney David Boies undermining his ex-client Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s claims she was passed to Dershowitz for sex while being trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein,” reported the New York Post. Dershowitz has provided the tape for testing, and now wants it returns now that it’s been suggested it be given to another pair of firms.
“The microcassette is a piece of tangible evidence that is subject to possible erasure, breakage, and exposure to the elements,” Dershowitz lawyer Imran Ansari wrote in a letter to Manhattan federal court judge Loretta Preska. “Mr. Dershowitz has understandable reservation with the transfer of the microcassette between multiple third-parties.” Preska has yet to rule on the request.
“Though the tape has never been made public, Boies allegedly tells Dershowitz on the call his former client is “wrong… simply wrong” about their encounter,” noted the Post piece.
“Charles J. Cooper, who has represented former Attorneys General Jeff Sessions and John Ashcroft, replaced David Boies, his one-time opponent in a California gay marriage case argued before the Supreme Court, as a lawyer for Virginia Roberts Giuffre in her federal defamation lawsuit against Dershowitz,” mcclatchydc.com reported a few days ago. “Boies and his entire team from Boies Schiller Flexner were removed from the New York case in October after judge Loretta Preska determined that he had become a witness in the suit and, as such, could no longer advocate on Giuffre’s behalf.”
Dershowitz has made enemies on the Left with his defense of President Trump’s right. In his newest book, “Trumped Up: How Criminalization of Political Differences Endangers Democracy,” Dershowitz writes that special prosecutor Robert Mueller is subjecting Trump to “the legal equivalent of a colonoscopy.”
“In certain circles—the legal academy, defense attorneys, Martha’s Vineyard, (“What happened to Alan Dershowitz?”) is the question,” noted Politico last year. “Dershowitz, an iconic civil libertarian and criminal defense lawyer, who circulates between the liberal redoubts of Miami, New York and the Vineyard, has emerged in the past year as the most distinguished legal defender of Trump. He’s met Trump at Mar-a-Lago, and he dined with him at the White House the day after the FBI raid on Michael Cohen’s office. He’s a regular presence on TV, especially Fox News, where he’s a reliable voice on the president’s side against the investigation. In April, following the Cohen raid, Dershowitz appeared on “Hannity” nine times—including three days in a row. His message is clear: Mueller’s investigation is a witch hunt, and although he doesn’t think Trump should fire Mueller, the president would be within his rights to do it.”
