Alan Dershowitz ripped into the way prosecutors and the media have handled the Jeffrey Epstein files, warning on The Record with Greta Van Susteren that we are seeing a new kind of McCarthyism where names are dropped without the evidence needed to defend oneself. He blasted the idea of selective redactions that would leave accused Americans exposed to public shaming while keeping vital context hidden.
Dershowitz made a constitutional, plainly American point: if someone’s name is put on a list of accusations, that person has the right to know who accused them and to confront their accuser — not to be hung out to dry by anonymous leaks and political theater. He warned that redacting accusers’ identities while releasing names destroys the presumption of innocence and reduces justice to mob gossip.
He also rightly called out the media’s rush to crown Epstein a reliable source, accusing outlets of treating Epstein as a darling of anti-Trump narrative-building instead of approaching leaks and allegations with sober skepticism. That kind of partisan storytelling fuels public outrage without delivering facts, and it’s the exact tool the left uses when they want to destroy reputations without risk or consequence.
Dershowitz pointed to his own experience of false accusations to underscore the stakes: when the identity of an accuser is known he was able to prove his innocence, but without that transparency many would have no opportunity to clear their names. This isn’t sympathy for the guilty; it’s a demand for a legal system that protects both victims and the wrongly accused, and it’s a principle every conservative — and every fair-minded American — should defend.
His concern goes beyond Epstein: Dershowitz said he is “totally frightened” by the political direction of the Democrats and plans to campaign for Republicans because he fears the institutionalization of left-wing inquisitions that mirror McCarthy-era tactics. That shift in a lifelong Democrat to actively defending constitutional rights through political means should send a wake-up call to patriots who cherish due process over denunciation.
Conservatives should welcome Dershowitz’s plea for full, unredacted transparency. Let every document see the light of day so accusations can be tested in the court of law, not in the court of social media, and so real victims get justice while false accusers face consequences. The rule of law is not a partisan preference; it is the backbone of a free society that the left seems increasingly willing to sacrifice for political advantage.
If America is to remain a nation governed by laws and not by headlines, Republicans and independents alike must press for complete disclosure and equal protection under the law — and must reject the smear-first, verify-never culture that has taken hold in elite institutions. This is about protecting hardworking Americans from being destroyed by anonymous allegations and partisan prosecution, and it’s a fight conservatives should embrace with both principles and passion.
