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Eugene

(67,441 posts)
Wed Jun 10, 2026, 02:11 PM Yesterday

House panel to seek testimony from Alan Dershowitz about Jeffrey Epstein

House panel to seek testimony from Alan Dershowitz about Jeffrey Epstein (The Guardian)

Republican who chairs House panel says he based decision on testimony from Epstein’s longtime assistant Lesley Groffp/i]

Representative James Comer, the Republican who chairs the House committee on oversight and government reform, announced that he would be asking Alan Dershowitz, Jeffrey Epstein’s former attorney, to appear before the panel as part of its investigation into the late sex offender.

“I am going to ask Alan Dershowitz to come in, we will have questions for him and we will give him an opportunity to come in,” Comer said on Wednesday morning, adding that the decision was based on the testimony of Lesley Groff, Epstein’s longtime assistant, who testified before the committee on Tuesday, as well as “a meeting that I had afterwards with several of the Epstein survivors”.

“We will have questions for him and we will give him an opportunity to come in and answer several questions that arose yesterday based on Ms Groff’s testimony and some things that someone of the Epstein survivors said,” Comer said.

The transcript of Groff’s testimony has not yet been released by the committee. In her opening statement, Groff told the lawmakers that she had no knowledge of Epstein’s crimes while working for him and described her former employer as a “master manipulator and deceiver”.


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/10/alan-dershowitz-epstein-house-panel
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House panel to seek testimony from Alan Dershowitz about Jeffrey Epstein (Original Post) Eugene Yesterday OP
Hope he does it in his underwear. chelsea0011 Yesterday #1
Eye bleach 🥶 MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #6
I wonder if he can buy a pierogie on Martha's Vineyard yet? Ritabert Yesterday #2
Ummmmm peirogies ... marble falls 22 hrs ago #9
LOL! Ritabert 20 hrs ago #10
I just started reading reporter Julie Brown's book on Epstein. Midnight Writer Yesterday #3
It is an excellent book. RockCreek Yesterday #4
They better put Dershowitz under oath... RockCreek Yesterday #5
No more MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #7
Yep. There is no doubt he will lie his ass off. Wiz Imp Yesterday #8

Midnight Writer

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3. I just started reading reporter Julie Brown's book on Epstein.
Wed Jun 10, 2026, 03:23 PM
Yesterday

Last edited Wed Jun 10, 2026, 04:07 PM - Edit history (1)

She has been a reporter for the Miami Herald for 30 years.

From her book, Dershowitz played a major role in using his influence to keep Epstein's operation running. Prosecutors like Acosta were star-struck and intimidated by Dershowitz and not willing to challenge him. Scared like an amateur boxer being put in a ring with an in-his-prime Mike Tyson.

By the way, her book is selling as a Kindle edition for $1.99. Brown got a special citation from the Pulitzers for her work on this.

Another interesting detail from the book is that Epstein flaunted his young girl entourage, even after his arrest. He would show up at social events with teenage girls in tow, and visitors to his homes may find him surrounded by underage girls. In other words, everybody in that circle knew what was going on, despite their denials today.

Wiz Imp

(10,634 posts)
8. Yep. There is no doubt he will lie his ass off.
Wed Jun 10, 2026, 04:43 PM
Yesterday

Make sure he will be arrested for lying to Congress when Democraats are back in charge.

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