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Americans watching the slow-motion circus around the Jeffrey Epstein files are right to be disgusted — and rightly suspicious of a media industrial complex that smells blood in the water and runs with anonymous, unverified claims. Legal heavyweight Alan Dershowitz told Newsmax bluntly that, in his view, the files contain nothing that incriminates President Trump, and he challenged reporters to produce authentic evidence before smearing reputations.
Dershowitz has every right to demand accountability from the press; the same outlets that demand victims be believed reflexively now refuse to show the documents they cite for public scrutiny. He even pressed The Wall Street Journal to produce the birthday letters it claims exist so signatures and authenticity can be checked — a basic step any responsible journalist should take before trying to torpedo someone’s life.
The Justice Department’s handling of the release has been chaotic, with officials restoring a photo of President Trump to the public database after a review determined no victims were shown — a small but telling example of how sloppy redactions and hurried disclosures can fuel partisan witch-hunts. This is why conservatives warned that blind transparency without context would empower rumor and ruin.
Make no mistake: real victims deserve justice, compassion, and thorough investigations — and anyone who doubts that should be ashamed. But justice demands evidence, not theatrical public shaming built on sealed papers, hearsay, and the political convenience of the moment. Dershowitz’s plea for full, unredacted release is rooted in a conservative commitment to due process; if names are published, so too should be the proofs and the identities of accusers so the accused can defend themselves.
What we’re seeing instead is a political feeding frenzy: Democrats and opportunistic media outlets weaponizing a humanitarian tragedy to score headlines and destabilize opponents. That approach does nothing to help victims and everything to encourage false claims and financial settlements that reward sensationalism over truth. The country deserves better than this grotesque mix of virtue signaling and trial-by-press-release.
Dershowitz has also recounted direct conversations with Epstein in which Epstein denied having compromising material on Trump — testimony that matters in any common-sense reckoning of the files’ significance. Conservatives should keep pushing for full transparency, but we must also demand that transparency be responsible, lawful, and protective of victims’ rights and the presumption of innocence for those falsely accused.
In the weeks ahead, patriots and fair-minded Americans must insist on two things at once: that Epstein’s victims receive every opportunity for justice, and that our legal system not be hollowed out by partisan leaks and rumor mills. If that means exposing names and evidence, do it; if it means safeguarding victims’ privacy and the integrity of investigations, do that too — but don’t let Washington’s cynical class use suffering as a political cudgel. The rule of law and the dignity of real victims demand nothing less.
