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How Federal Prosecutors Shut Down New Mexico’s Epstein Probe · 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. Right after Jeffrey Epstein's arrest in twenty nineteen,
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there were state investigations that were underway as well, and
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according to reports that we have now, the federal government
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killed these state investigations and made the states kick the
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case to the federal government. And previously we were talking
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about how the Feds told the SDN why to stand down. Well,
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now we're hearing that the same direction was given to
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the authorities in New Mexico. So you have to ask yourself,
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why was the federal government so gung ho on being
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in control of everything when it comes to prosecuting Jeffrey Epstein,
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especially considering the first time around they wanted to keep
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it at the state level. But now, all of a sudden,
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it's a different story. You don't want the states involved,
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you don't want them looking into what happened, you don't
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want them looking into co conspirators. Why not? What's the
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federal government trying to hide and why? Well, of course
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we know now, or at least we can speculate to
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a pretty good degree that Jeffrey Epstein was being protected
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because he was an asset. So the government had to
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protect their asset right, and to do that, they had
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to have all the right pieces in place. They couldn't
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rely on the state to play ball because the state
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doesn't answer to the DOJ, So they had to make
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sure that they had the proper people there to facilitate
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the whole entire cover up. And boy did they do that.
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So today, like usual, I have some receipts to share
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with you, and to do that, we're going to take
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a look at an article from the Albuquerque Journal headlined
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fedsass New Mexico to halt its Epstein probe Former ag
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Balderas cooperation between state and federal investigators was one way.
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And let's not forget that when the arrest happened, Trump
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was in office then too, so did he white love them?
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Sure looks that way. Obviously we can't prove that yet,
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but that's the way it's looking. The author of this
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article is Olivier Udobrackh. Federal prosecutors in twenty nineteen asked
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New Mexico officials to halt their investigation into sex trafficking
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activities at Jeffrey Epstein's or O ranch, agreeing to share
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information that potentially could have led to criminal charges here.
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And that is exactly what I reported when I was
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down in New Mexico. The sources I was talking to
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said that they were told to stand down, that the
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Feds were going to take care of everything. Well, lo
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and behold. Now we have the receipts. New Mexico lived
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up to its end of the agreement, ending its investigation
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and providing police reports, recorded witness interviews, and other investigative
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records to the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District
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of New York. Former Attorney General Hector Baldaris said last week,
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and look, this is something that happens relatively often, as
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far as you know, a case being tried by the
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federal government as opposed to the state, depending on jurisdiction,
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depending on sovereignty, and depending on who has the biggest penalty.
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So a lot of times you'll see this kind of
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deal happen where something gets kicked to the federal government
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or maybe gets kicked back down to the state level
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if we're talking about you know, petit policy or something.
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But when we're talking about a case like this continuously
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time and time again, where the FED stepped in and
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they told the state to stop investigating, and then the
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Feds themselves get stuck in the mud. What else are
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we supposed to think? I mean negligent behavior and people
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doing a shitty job that only goes so far. I
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think that we've reached that point a long time ago.
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Enough is enough. Bal Daris, who served as Attorney General
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from twenty fourteen to twenty twenty two, said he's unaware
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that federal investigators provided any information to New Mexico officials
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that could have led to criminal prosecutions here. And I've
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always said that the states that were most affected should
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open state investigations as we speak, and use dual sovereignty
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if they have to to go after people that were involved.
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I mean, they have the tools in their toolbox. The
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problem is a lot of them just don't have the
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courage to do it for whatever reason. Now it looks
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like New Mexico is starting to play ball a little
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bit and they're going to pursue this, which is good.
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But what about New York. I mean, the crimes that
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were committed in New York, it's very obvious they have
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a mountain of evidence, and at the state level they
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could use that evidence to go after prosecutions, and if
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the federal government won't do it, it's up to these
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staid prosecutors to have the courage. Now, of course, that's
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all based on the evidence, right If there's evidence that
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could lead to prosecutions, that evidence should be acted upon.
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You See, like I've said a million times, but I'll
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say it again, the biggest problem here is there was
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never a real investigation. So anybody who's saying this has
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all been looked at is lying to you because there
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was never a real investigation. And you see that right here.
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I mean, everybody kicks it up to the Feds, and
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then all we get from the FEDS is that narrow
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decision to go after Maxwell or self. I think it's
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relatively obvious at this point what the federal government was
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trying to do, and that is be in control of
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the whole entire thing. That way, the narrative they want
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to pitch is a narrative that all their little lap
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dogs in the legacy media run with, and that's exactly
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what has happened time and time again. But anybody who's
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serious about the case knows there was never an investigation,
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and these files coming out have been the receipts to
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prove it. Cooperation between the two agencies was a one
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way relationship, he said. Records released in January by the
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US Department of Justice related to Epstein investigations include letters
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and emails between Balderis's office and federal prosecutors, shed light
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on New Mexico's decision to scrap its investigation. Maybe somebody
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should ask Bill Barr why his DOJ decided to do that. Look,
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if you're going to have the states kill their investigations
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and kick them up to you, then you have to
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do the right thing right. You have to investigate and
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you have to prosecute. But I'm telling you right now,
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they were under the impression that what's in these files
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is so explosive that neither side was ever going to
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release them, So they knew they could do whatever they
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wanted pretty much as far as the investigation goes, because
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they were working under the assumption that we would never
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see it. But now that that has been shattered, they're
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scrambling to try and fill in the gaps and continue
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their cover up. But I don't think it's working, especially
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when you have people like Balderas coming out and blowing
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their narrative directly out of the water. The request by
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federal prosecutors essentially gutted New Mexico's investigation into sex trafficking
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at Epstein's seventy five hundred acre Zoro Ranch, located thirty
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miles south of Santa Fe, Balderas said. Balderis now as
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president of Northern New Mexico College in Espanola. It makes
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a lot more sense now why his office wouldn't give
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me any information when I contacted them when I was
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down in New Mexico. If the Feds took the case,
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well they're not going to let the local office talk
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about what's going on, right, So they referred me to
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the DOJ, and like usual, the DOJ told me to
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pound sand. But with this common information, it makes sense
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the DOJ never had any desire to look deeper into
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what was going on in places like New Mexico, or
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places like New York, or places like Florida. Even it
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was all about the federal investigation so they could be
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in control, so they could narrow the scope. And that's
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not speculation anymore. We have the evidence right here. We
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provided information to them to strengthen their prosecution, he said,
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prosecutors made assurances they would provide findings to New Mexico investigators.
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They were making the representation that they were going to
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prosecute with a multi jurisdictional, multi state focus. Yeah, that's
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what they should have done. That's what the evidence required.
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This was a Rico case, span states, span jurisdictions, spanned continents.
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But sure, let's just charge Glaine. Maxwell. Baldera's office also
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sent a letter in twenty twenty urging federal prosecutors to
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seize control of Zoro Ranch to preserve evidence. Record show.
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Balderis said he offered to assist serving search warrants at
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the ranch, but never received a response and has no
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reason to believe prosecutors acted on the requests. There was never, ever, ever,
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ever a rate of Zoro Ranch. One of the biggest problems,
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and now we're finding out there was never even an
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investigation or raid in Colorado either. But sure tell me
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about that great investigation that the federal government put forward
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when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein. Federal prosecutors asked New
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Mexico to halt its investigation to avoid risks of parallel
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investigations creating inconsistent statements that defense attorneys could exploit. Baldaris
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said none of the investigative records provided by New Mexico
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appeared to be among the more than three million pages
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of documents released last month by the US Department of Justice.
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So where's the documentation? Is Valderas lying. I mean, I
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don't put it past them, but I have to default
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that it's the federal government that's besing us, because that's
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all they've been doing and that's all they continue to do.
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In light of the recent disclosures, I remain very concerned
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that they did not disclose or share more information that
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they had in their possession, Valderis said of federal investigators,
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he called the failure to work with state and state
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investigators a tactical mistake. The US Attorney's Office for the
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Southern District of New York did not respond last week
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to email messages seeking comment. New Mexico ended its investigation
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in July of twenty nineteen, shortly before Epstein died by
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suicide in August of twenty nineteen while in custody facing
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federal sex trafficking charges. I know, I know, just another coincidence.
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Attorney General Ronald Dorrez recently announced that the new Mexico
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Department of Justice is reopening its investigation into Epstein's Zoro Ranch.
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Torres said in a February eighteenth statement that revelations outlined
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in the previously sealed FBI files warrant further investigation. Well,
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what do you know, They most certainly do, and Zoro
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Ranch most certainly is at the top of the list.
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Torres also said he plans to work with the Legislative
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Truth Finding Commission created by the House earlier this month
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to investigate activities at Zoro Ranch. The four member commission
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will not have the ability to directly launch criminal investigations,
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but will be able to subpoenal witnesses here testimony, and
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coordinate with law enforcement agencies. So whatever they find, if
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they find anything, they'll have to take that to Rabald
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Torres and he'll have to decide what he's going to
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do with it. Torres also those set he plans to
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work with the Legislative Truth Finding Commission created by the
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House earlier this month to investigate activities ads or a Ranch.
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The four member commission will not have the ability to
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directly launch criminal investigations, but will be able to subpoena
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witnesses here testimony and coordinate with law enforcement agencies. The
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House members appointed to the commission are State reps Andrea Rometto,
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Marianna Anaya, Andrea reb and Bill Hall. Reeb is a
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former prosecutor and Hall is a retired FBI agent. So
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they should be able to at least know what they're
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looking at, right, I mean, you would hope. Torres chief
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of staff Lauren Rodriguez said Friday that the New Mexico
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Department of Justice has not received any correspondence from federal
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prosecutors in New York since Torres took office in January
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of twenty twenty three. Baldaras Seti supports both torris decision
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to revive the state investigation and Lawmaker's formation of the
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truth finding Commission. Epstein ran a complex international sex trafficking
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operation that should have involved attorney generals in several states,
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including New Mexico, Florida, and New York, where Epstein had homes.
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Valdera said the investigation should have been broadened, not narrowed.
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He said, well, hallelujah. The fact that it was narrowed
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tells me what I need to know that this is
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was has been and always will be a cover up.
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Marine Comi, then an assistant US attorney for the Southern
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District of New York, wrote in an email September eighth,
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twenty nineteen, that she had secured an agreement from Valdera's
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office to halt the state investigation into Zorro Ranch. The
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name of the email's recipient is redacted. In essence, they
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agreed to cease any investigation into sex trafficking and share
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whatever they had gathered to date regarding sex trafficking activity
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with our office. Roe Comy, who headed the criminal case
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against Epstein. Comy also worked on the prosecution of Glenn Maxwell,
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Epstein's co defendant, who was convicted in twenty twenty two
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of sex trafficking and other crimes and sentenced to twenty
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years in prison. Should have been two hundred and twenty years,
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but here we are. We agreed that they were free
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to proceed with whatever other investigations unrelated to sex trafficking
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they may have concerning Epstein, and told them that at
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the conclusion of our case, we would pass along any
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information we may have gathered about state crimes that were
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committed in their jurisdiction. She wrote, well, why didn't they
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do that? Probably a good idea to subpoenacomy right. See
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what she has to say. On September seventeenth, twenty nineteen,
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about a month after Epstein's death, then Chief Deputy Attorney
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General Clara Moran sent a letter to fe eral prosecutors
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that included an attachment containing police reports, recorded witness interviews,
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correspondence among state agencies, and documents related to Epstein's leasing
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of state public lands. New Mexico canceled the lease by
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an Epstein owned company of one thousand, two hundred and
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forty three acres of state trust land adjacent to Zoro
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Ranch that dated to his purchase of the ranch in
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ninety three. Investigators suspected Epstein obtained the lease to announce
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privacy at the ranch, Baldaris said. Moran, now a Second
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Judicial District Court judge, confirmed last week that the Attorney
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General's office was asked to halt its investigation, but declined
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to discuss details. In July of twenty twenty, Baldera's office
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sent a letter to federal prosecutors urging them to seize
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Zoro Ranch to preserve criminal evidence such as files and
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video recordings. The letter signed by Morin urged federal prosecutors
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to use civil forfeitures, says to obtain the ranch. We
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believe that this ranch was used by Epstein and others
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to facilitate the commission and prolonged concealment of his trafficking
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of children, such that seizure may be pursued in conjunction
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with the pending criminal prosecution of Epstein's associates and co conspirators.
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Morian wrote, But I thought there was none of that,
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No co conspirators, no associates. He was a lone predator,
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just a lone wolf. Epstein purchased or a ranch near
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Stanley from the family of former Governor Bruce King in
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nineteen ninety three and built the thirty three thousand, three
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hundred and thirty nine square foot mansion with a landing
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strip and other structures. Epstein's estate sold the ranch the
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Texas real estate mogul Don Huffen's in twenty twenty three
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for an undisclosed price. Huffen's reportedly has pledged to cooperate. Well,
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isn't that nice? After all, the construction's done already after
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the house has been knocked down. But sure, thank you.
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But honestly, It's not even his fault. It's the fault
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of the federal government and New Mexico for letting the
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federal government dog walk them. Baldaras said that he offered
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local law enforcement assistance serving warrants at the property. We
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were never informed whether they obtained search warrants or searched
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the property. He said, I was calling for them to
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seize those assets in twenty twenty because I determined at
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that point that there was enough information that potential criminal
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acts have occurred there. He said, the assets should have
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been seized. I continue to take that position today. Well,
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I take that position too. And have you noticed that
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every time there's something wrong here, it always bounces in
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the favor of Jeffrey Epstein and his friends. There's never
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a bounce that comes our way, right, But sure, I
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guess it's all just coincidence and that Jeffrey Epstein just
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had the luck of the Irish or could it be
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that all of this was by design. All the information
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