Dershowitz Agrees to Testify Before House Oversight in Epstein Probe

Rep. James Comer, chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Wednesday he will ask Alan Dershowitz to testify in the panel’s investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. Comer made the announcement after the committee interviewed Epstein’s longtime assistant Lesley Groff on Tuesday and met afterward with several Epstein survivors.

He said the committee will have questions for Dershowitz based on Groff’s testimony and statements from the survivors. Dershowitz, who represented Epstein and helped secure a 2008 plea deal for him, told NewsNation he had not received a formal request and that Comer’s remarks were the first he had heard of the plan.

He said he wants any interview to be videotaped, under oath and open to the public.

“I’m very proud of my role in representing Epstein. I’m prepared to testify about everything. I offered to testify, volunteered for the past few months. I will personally not invoke privilege. I have nothing to hide,” Dershowitz said.

He added that he hopes the committee has videos of Epstein’s rooms and bedrooms and that he is willing to testify truthfully about Les Wexner. Dershowitz said his contact with Groff was limited to arranging travel accommodations for lawyers around 2006. He has denied any wrongdoing connected to Epstein’s crimes.

Virginia Giuffre once accused Epstein of trafficking her to Dershowitz; she later recanted the claim as part of a settlement. Comer also said he wants Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to appear before the committee in July. The timing of that interview would depend on Blanche’s expected confirmation hearing to become attorney general.

The Oversight Committee has already interviewed former President Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Attorney General Pam Bondi. Bondi declined to answer questions about her conversations with the White House during a four-hour session.