Alan Dershowitz channels one of my favorite poems, and one of the most insightful. Alexander Pope included it in his “An Essay on Criticism,” which also gave us the sayings To err is human; to forgive divine and For fools rush in where angels fear to tread. The poem warns the reader about the danger of proceeding on limited knowledge:
A little learning is a dang’rous thing
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring
There, shallow draughts intoxicate the brain
And drinking largely sobers us again.
Dersh has a particular practical application of this wisdom in mind. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced late yesterday that she plans to release the Jeffrey Epstein files at some point today. However, the release may only be partial, and that’s the problem:
BREAKING 🚨BONDI — EPSTEIN INFORMATION RELEASE TOMORROW
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