Overview
- In a December 2018 exchange with Lawrence Summers, Epstein called President Donald Trump “borderline insane” and said Alan Dershowitz was only “a few feet further from the border but not by much.”
- Republicans on the House Oversight Committee made the emails public, including a March 2018 note in which Epstein predicted that “trump will probably hire dershowitz, no joke.”
- The documents show Epstein and Dershowitz continued corresponding into spring 2019, months before Epstein’s arrest and death in custody later that year.
- Asked about the remarks on Piers Morgan Uncensored, Dershowitz said he and Epstein were enemies by then, claimed Epstein refused to pay his legal fee, and said he ended the relationship.
- Dershowitz helped negotiate Epstein’s 2007 non-prosecution agreement in Florida and told Axios in December 2018 that he had no recent social contact with Epstein but had spoken with him about legal issues.