Alan Dershowitz

Alan Dershowitz quits Democratic Party, calling it ‘most anti-Israel party in US history’

The announcement formalized a political evolution for Dershowitz, who defended Trump during his first impeachment and has increasingly broken with Democrats over Israel in recent years.

Alan Dershowitz attends the speech of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the 80th session of The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 26, 2025 in New York City.
Miriam Adelson reacts next to U.S. President Donald Trump at a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 16, 2025.

Miriam Adelson pledges $250 million for a third Trump term at White House Hanukkah party

 US financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019.

Ex-Epstein lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, calls for release of additional Epstein materials

 American Jewish jurist Alan Dershowitz during a visit to Tel Aviv.

'I am no longer a Democrat': Hamas support outside DNC sees Alan Dershowitz dump Democratic Party


Trump adds legal heavyweights Starr, Dershowitz to impeachment team

The White House also said Jane Raskin, one of Trump's private lawyers, and Eric Herschmann, another former independent counsel, would be on the president's legal team.

Alan Dershowitz (L) and Donald Trump (R)

Trump adds Alan Dershowitz to his impeachment team

The team is led by Pat Cipollone, the White House counsel, and Jay Sekulow, Trump’s personal lawyer

Alan Dershowitz at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York, May 7, 2017/Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House in Washington , DC on Feb. 15, 2017 with an Israeli flag in the background

Trump and Alan Dershowitz chat at Mar-a-Lago Christmas Eve party

The two men were spotted by reporters chatting at a Christmas Eve dinner at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach. The White House did not comment on the conversation.

Alan Dershowitz at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York, May 7, 2017/Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House in Washington , DC on Feb. 15, 2017 with an Israeli flag in the background

Alan Dershowitz fights back in 'Guilt by Association'

On December 30, 2015, in a court in Florida, Alan Dershowitz was accused of having had sex on seven occasions with Virginia Roberts Giuffre, an underage girl, at exotic locations.

TARANA BURKE, activist and founder of the #MeToo movement (right), introduces actress Rose McGowan to speak during the opening session of the three-day Women’s Convention in Detroit in 2017.

Jewish Congressman calls Alan Dershowitz a Nazi collaborator

Attacks like this only further divide the nation, Dershowitz said.

Alan Dershowitz at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York, May 7, 2017

Alan Dershowitz asks judge to dismiss Epstein victim's defamation case

Dershowitz argued that his Twitter attacks against Virginia Giuffre, who alleges that Epstein forced her to have sex with Dershowitz when she was underage, are protected free speech.

Alan Dershowitz outside his home in Miami Beach, Florida

Alan Dershowitz: Obama lied, reconsidering Democratic Party affiliation

Dershowitz called Obama's decision to allow UN Resolution 2334 to pass "abominable."

Alan Dershowitz at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York, May 7, 2017

Dershowitz mock trial defending Bible figures of child trafficking cancelled

Temple Emanu-El’s decision came several days after Jeffrey Epstein, a former Dershowitz client and associate, was found hanged in a New York jail in an apparent suicide.

Famed lawyer Alan Dershowitz

Dershowitz: Why I will continue to defend clients like Jeffrey Epstein

"Because I did my job well – getting my client the best result possible – I have now become a target of efforts to destroy my reputation and career."

Famed lawyer Alan Dershowitz

Alan Dershowitz has no regrets helping Epstein secure his plea deal

Alan Dershowitz represented convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein when he was sentenced more than a decade ago to what was generally considered an extremely light term.

Alan Dershowitz outside his home in Miami Beach, Florida