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Political Proximity: How Close Did New Mexico Officials Get to Epstein? · The Epstein Chronicles

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Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
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Epstein Chronicles. When Jeffrey Epstein was first arrested in twenty nineteen,
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one of the most shocking bits of information to come
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out of that arrest was that Zoro Ranch was never rated,
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And while people like us were demanding answers as to
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why Zoro Ranch was never rated, the legacy media was
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way too busy calling people conspiracy theorists to really dive
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into what was going on in New Mexico. And one
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of the main reasons for that is that Jeffrey Epstein
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was very well connected inside of the state and that
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protection went all the way up to the governor's house.
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And we're not talking about pickyune little allegations here. We're
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talking about serious allegations. We're talking about Virginia Roberts saying
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that Bill Richardson, who was the governor of the state,
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rapedor But the legacy media they couldn't be bothered by
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that at the time because it would have provided a
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unition to the other side. So instead of doing the
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right thing and exposing this for what it was, they
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hardly ever talked about it. They didn't talk about the
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King family, They didn't talk about the relationships that Jeffrey
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Epstein built in the state of New Mexico and how
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that led directly to Jeffrey Epstein being able to get
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away with what he got away with. And there still
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has not been any kind of reckoning. And that's why
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when Biden had Bill Richardson working with him to get
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Britney Griner home from Russia, I called that a bad
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idea as well, like, what are we doing right now?
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What kind of message are we trying to send to people?
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And what I find really gross is that this same
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legacy media who largely ignored Virginia when she was alive,
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all of a sudden they believe everything she said. Now,
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if they would have had that same approach back in
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twenty nineteen, things would have been a lot different. But instead,
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the legacy media chose to continue to protect the powerful
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and ignore the disgusting truth that was staring them directly
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in the face. Well, now the state of New Mexico
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has a new investigation that they kicked off, and they're
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starting to ask questions about Epstein's links to the powerful
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people within the state, and not only that, but who
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protected him, who was taking his money, who was visiting
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with him, who was spending time with him. All of
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that has to be looked at, and hopefully that's what
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this investigation is going to do. Today's article is from
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Reuter's and the headline as New Mexico investigates questions are
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raised about Epstein's links to the powerful. This article was
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authored by Andrew Hay As police for the first time
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search Jeffrey Epstein's New Mexico ranch for evidence of any
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abuse he may have committed at the Old West theme
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tied away, attention has focused on the powerful former politicians
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in the state who continued to meet and receive campaign
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donations from Epstein long after he became a registered sex offender. Yeo,
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I'm old enough to remember a time in this country
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when that alone would have had you looking for a
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new gig. You certainly would have been in public office,
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that's for damn sure. But I guess in this quote
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unquote new and improved country we live in, it's all good.
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And unfortunately that's what happens when cult of personality becomes
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more important than protecting the most vulnerable. Epstein's relationship with
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the state Democratic Party leaders, uh oh, people aren't going
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to want to hear this, but I've been telling you,
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including two former governors and a state attorney general, and
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the institutional failings that may have allowed the convicted sex
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offender to perpetrate abuse at the ranch or under investigation
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by a New Mexico state truth Commission, the first of
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its kind in the country, and I hope it's not
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the last, because we can't rely on the federal government
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to do the right thing here. I think that's relatively
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obvious to anyone paying attention at this point, and I
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think anybody that's relying on the federal government to step
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in and give us the information needed is kidding themselves.
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And so I hope that more states take a proactive
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approach and look into these matters for themselves, and if
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any crimes were committed at the state level, those crimes
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should be prosecuted. Right Zoro Ranch, where Epstein spent about
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two months a year, was alleged to be a hub
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and his sex trafficking of children that stretch between the
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US Virgin Islands, New York, and Florida. According to a
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twenty twenty letter from the New Mexico Attorney General's office
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and numerous documents, among the millions recently released by the
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US Department of Justice. Notice how they don't talk about France,
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or the UK or these other countries Epstein was operating in.
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It wasn't just America. This was an international trafficking operation.
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I'll take it a step further, not just trafficking, but
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a transnational criminal organization in general, whether it's money laundering,
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wire fraud, human trafficking, or hell drugs. As we've seen,
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Jeffrey Epstein had his disgusting hands in plenty of pies.
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So let's not be naive and think there's any crimes
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at this comebag wasn't interested in committing. Epstein spent relatively
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little to establish himself as a major funding force in
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democratic run New Mexico. He donated just over one hundred
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and sixty thousand dollars across five races between two thousand
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and two and twenty fourteen, according to interviews and a
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review of campaign finance records. He was often the biggest
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outside donor to campaigns, including after his first sex offender
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conviction in two thousand and eight. This is not new information.
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This is exactly what we've been telling you for years,
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and they ignored it. They called does conspiracy theorists. They
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said that we were right wingers all because we were
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exposing what was going on in New Mexico. And I
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remember when this was all cracking off, people on the
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left were like, come on, you're unfairly targeting Bill Richardson.
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This is all about, you know, moving the narrative, this
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is about blaming the Democrats. But really it was just
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about following the evidence. And now the same is true
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about what's going on currently. I'm just following the evidence
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wherever it takes me. And if that leads to your
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favorite politician, that sounds like a you and your favorite
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politician problem, not a me problem. But the legacy media
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they refused to report on it. They had much better
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things to do, folks, much better things like to divide
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the populace. Reuters did not find any evidence that Epstein
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received anything in return for his donations. Oh, nothing in return. Nothing,
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because we all know that's how Epstein operated, right, A
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guy that you know was just altruistic, like I always say,
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didn't want anything in return. He was just doing it
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because you know, that's how he rolls. Epstein ties with
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the late former Governor Bill Richardson have been well reported.
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The state's former top law enforcement agent, Gary King, also
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had contact with Epstein after he was convicted of felony
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sex crimes, including meeting him in twenty ten. Epstein donated
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to dozens of US politicians, but nearly all of them
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cut ties with them after the Florida conviction. Well, not
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the people in New Mexico and not Stacy Plaskett. And
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that's the uncomfortable truth that these Democratic lawmakers in Congress
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have to grapple with. It wasn't just the other side
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of the aisle. And this is the point that people
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who really know this story have been trying to make
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for half a decade now, little more than half a decade,
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and it's fallen on deaf hears. But now that Reuters
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is reporting it, maybe people will listen once you know
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what's happened. Tontinue to take campaign contributions is reprehensible. US
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Congresswoman Theresa Legger Fernandez said on the sidelines of a
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March at Zora Ranch protest when asked about the relationship
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between Epstein and Richardson and King. King's campaign returned to
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the donation in twenty fourteen. Not one comment yet or
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one statement about the allegations made against Bill Richardson by
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Virginia Roberts. So if you're going to report what you
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saw in the Epstein files about Donald Trump, then you
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most certainly have to report what has been said about
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Bill Richardson. And also George Mitchell. Let's not forget him.
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So as you can see, folks, this is a gigantic
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shit sandwich, and we're all taken a bite. It doesn't
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matter what side of the isle you're on. King's campaign
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returned to donation in twenty fourteen. Leger Fernandez, who represents
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the High Plains area thirty miles south of this capitalist
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Santa Fe, is among those questioning why federal, state, and
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local law enforcement never investigated complaints of sexual abuse at
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the ranch, and why federal authorities told state investigators to
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drop a child sex trafficking probe in twenty nineteen but
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never searched or seize the ranch before it's twenty twenty three. Sell, Well,
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you'll say it's a coincidence, and I'll say it's by design.
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They didn't want that place rated. They didn't want all
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these ties to all these local politicians in New Mexico
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to be revealed, so they had to protect them, right,
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got to make sure you protect the political class. Who
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cares if girls were raped? Who cares if people were harmed?
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Not our business. We're just law enforcement. King seventy one
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said he never visited Epstein's ranch and never asked the
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late finance here for campaign donations. After his Florida conviction,
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I personally told mister Epstein that the campaign would not
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accept contributions from him as a result of his admitted
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criminal activity. King, new Mexico's attorney general from two thousand
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and seven to twenty fifteen, said in a statement in
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a response to Reuter's questions about campaign letters seeking donations
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from Epstein included in the DJ files, King said he
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had no knowledge that the letters were sent to Epstein,
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and they appeared to be pro forma mailings to past donors.
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Always an excuse. Right can never own up to it.
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And that's one of the things that I find so
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disgusting about the whole thing. These people have lied for
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years about what happened about their relationships, and now that
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they're being outed, they continue to double down on those lies.
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I mean, traditionally speaking, when you find yourself in a hole,
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you usually want to stop digging right, But I guess
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you'd have to feel some shame for that, and these people,
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they don't feel any shame whatsoever, And the only regret
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they feel is the regret for being outed as someone
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hanging out with Epstein. In nineteen ninety three, Epstein bought
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seventy five hundred acres of land from three times New
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Mexico Governor Bruce King and other members of his powerful
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New Mexico political family. According to county records, Gary King,
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who is Bruce King's son, was one of the parties
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to the sale. In his statement to Reuters, the younger
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King said that Epstein paid around three point seventy five
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million for the land, a fair market value at the
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time based on New Mexico University research. Bruce King died
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in two thousand and nine. Epstein proceeded to build what
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became known locally as the Victoria's Secret Ranch for the
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lingerie models rumored to go there. Three local people told Reuters, Yo,
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why didn't Reuters go there back into twenty nineteen twenty
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twenty like I did all these years later? Now you're
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trying to hold people accountable when evidence is gone, memories
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are forgotten, people have died, but sure welcome to the party.
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Pal a master networker, Epstein invited scientists, politicians, billionaires, and
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Hollywood celebrities to the Ranch, where some commented on the
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girls emails in the Epstein File show. In two thousand
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and six, Epstein donated fifteen thousand dollars to the campaign
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of Gary King. King told Reuters he did not return
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the money, as in two thousand and six he was
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not aware of any reports of wrongdoing by Epstein. No,
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none at all, no reports whatsoever. Nobody had any idea.
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What are you crazy? He wouldcall, meeting Epstein only once
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in twenty ten at Santa Fe restaurant Jinja, where they
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drank tea and Epstein expressed his condolences. After King's father died,
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a two thousand and nine email to Epstein said al
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Zoro Ranch staff would attend Bruce King's funeral service. King,
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who trained as a chemist, said at their meeting they
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briefly discussed Epstein's interaction with the Santa Fe Institute, an
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influential scientific foundation, and who the hell knows what they're
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up to. They wanted nothing to do with your boy.
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I got thrown off that campus so fast when I
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was there. It wasn't even funny. It was like they
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knew I was coming, which they probably did, considering I
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went to Epstein's ranch first, so they probably were aware
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that I was in town and I was coming, and
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when I showed up, they were right there to fucking
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toss me. Nobody wanted to talk, not one single word.
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When King ran for governor in twenty fourteen, Epstein donated
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thirty five thousand, six hundred dollars to the campaign, the
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largest outside donation. Record show. King returned the twenty fourteen
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funds to Ebstein's companies three days after they were reported
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in the press on September ninth of that year. Record
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show around the same time, Epstein arranged to September eighth
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jet charter for King to attend to campaign breakfast in Washington,
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According to emails in the DOJ Epstein files, King's campaign
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paid for the flight, according to state records. OH, I
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have questions about that. What we see on paper and
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what officially occurred two very different things. Just keep that
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in mind. If I had known of mister Epstein's involvement
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at the time, I would have asked my staff to
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use another charter company to conduct the flight, said King,
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who's retired from politics and now the president of a
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charity called get this New Mexico Children's Foundation. All these
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people are degenerates. This guy was living off of Jeffrey
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Epstein's large esse and now he's running a New Mexico
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children's foundation. Boy, they love to just throw it right
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in your face, don't they. The New Mexico Department of
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Justice declined to comment. A document in the Epstein files
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shows FBI agents visited the New Mexico ranch in February
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two thousand and seven, when King was in charge of
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New Mexico Law Enforce Horseman, and questioned manager Bryce Gordon
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about Messus's Epstein flew in or hired locally. Reuters was
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not able to contact Gordon. King said the US Justice
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Department never informed his office of any investigation involving Epstein
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or his associates. Well, that's because it was killed by
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Philippe and Mukaesy, not alex Acosta. Do you think alex
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Acosta has the ability to kill the investigation all the
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way in New Mexico or do you think that came
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from Maine Justice. Reuters found no evidence King had knowledge
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of a federal probe into Epstein at that time. Santa
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Fe Police Deputy Chief Ben Valdez said in a statement
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his department had no record of any report concerning Epstein.
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The Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office, in whose jurisdiction the
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ranch is located, said it was looking into any allegations
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it may have received regarding Epstein. New Mexico State Police
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did not respond to a request for comment. New Mexico
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Attorney General Raul Torres reopened the state's Epstein investigation in February.
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The US Department of Justice and FBI declined to comment. Well,
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of course they did. They're having their work checked right now, right,
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that's what's going on. The state doesn't trust the federal government,
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so they have their own investigation that's cracking off. Is
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it going to lead anywhere? I don't know. But much
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more confident in them actually investigating things here than I
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am with the DOJ, because the DOJ has shown us
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and told us they have no desire here. There's no
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more investigation to be had, and you should move on.
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But thankfully, the people in New Mexico don't seem to
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be ready to move on, And I don't think you
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folks are either, so, like usual, we'll keep the flags
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of discontent waving as we continue our journey through the
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muck looking for that clarity. All the information that goes
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