Draft transcript excerpt mentions Jeffrey Epstein invoking the Fifth and a reference to Alan Dershowitz

Oo O DN OO FF WwW NY =| NO RO PO PNP NM NO | S| S| HS SF S| S| S| S| S| non BP WO NO -|- ODO OO WDN OO OT BP WO NYO — 72 yelling going on here, so I was trying to make sure that everybody was quiet so that the client could answer. MR. SIMPSON: All right. Let me back up. Professor Cassell, I think you were in the middle of an answer? THE WITNESS: Yeah, I was. MR. SIMPSON: Could the court reporter read me the last two lines of your answer? (Thereupon, a portion of the record was read by the reporter.) BY MR. SIMPSON: Q. Can you pick up then? A. Sure. I'll pick up the ans -- so I was beginning to draw an adverse inference when Jeffrey Epstein, who is at the heart of the sexual abuse of not only [REDACTED], but dozens and dozens and dozens of girls literally scattered across the globe, takes the Fifth, refuses to answer the question. Off the top of my head, I can't recall exactly, but something along lines of: Do you know Alan Dershowitz? And he says, I take the Fifth. That sort of, frankly, startled me, that this international sex trafficker was taking the Fifth now when asked about Mr. Dershowitz. ROUGH DRAFT ONLY HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021895