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The New Mexico Epstein Commission Interim Report (Part 16) (8/13/26) · The Epstein Chronicles

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  Speaker 1: What's up everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
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  Speaker 1: Epstein Chronicles. In this episode, we're going to get back
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  Speaker 1: to the New Mexico interim report filed about Jeffrey Epstein
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  Speaker 1: and the crimes he committed in New Mexico. Intellectual interest
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  Speaker 1: and involvement in the Santa Fe Institute, Epstein had a
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  Speaker 1: number of intellectual interests, which he fostered by cultivating relationships
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  Speaker 1: with numerous academics and scientists, many of whom he supported financially.
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  Speaker 1: One such interest included transhumanism, a modern day version of eugenics.
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  Speaker 1: Transhumanism is the science of improving the human population through
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  Speaker 1: technologies like genetic engineering and artificial intelligence. According to media
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  Speaker 1: reporting based on Whenness interviews, Epstein hoped to see the
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  Speaker 1: human race with his DNA by impregnating women on Zoro Ranch.
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  Speaker 1: To date, the Commission has uncovered no evidence showing that
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  Speaker 1: this scheme came to fruition. Epstein advanced his intellectual interests
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  Speaker 1: by becoming a patron of various scientific causes. A biography
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  Speaker 1: presented at one academic conference noted that Epstein was a
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  Speaker 1: member or former member of the Trilateral Commission, the Council
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  Speaker 1: on Foreign Relations, and the New York Academy of Sciences,
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  Speaker 1: a former Rockefeller University board member and a former trustee
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  Speaker 1: of the Institute of International Education, the board of Directors,
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  Speaker 1: and the president of the Couq Foundation, Incorporated, one of
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  Speaker 1: the largest scientific philanthropies funding topics such as biologically inspired
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  Speaker 1: financial computing, game theory and the currency markets, the mathematics
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  Speaker 1: and political impacts of esoteric financial instruments, and the personal
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  Speaker 1: genomics and power. This same biography also noted that Epstein
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  Speaker 1: was actively involved in the Santa Fe Institute, the Theoretical
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  Speaker 1: Biology Initiative at the Institute for Advanced Study, and the
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  Speaker 1: Quantum Gravity Program at the University of Pennsylvania, and also
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  Speaker 1: sat on the Mind, Brain, and Behavior Advisory Committee at
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  Speaker 1: Harvard University. According to its website, the Santa Fe Institute
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  Speaker 1: an independent, nonprofit theoretical research institute located in Santa Fe
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  Speaker 1: and dedicated to the multidisciplinary study of the fundamental principles
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  Speaker 1: of complex adaptive systems, including physical, computational, biological, and social systems.
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  Speaker 1: SFI's mission, as stated on its web pages, to understand
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  Speaker 1: and unify the underlying shared patterns in complex physical, biological, social, cultural, technological,
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  Speaker 1: and even possible astrobiological worlds. Our global research network of
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  Speaker 1: scholars spans borders, departments, and disciplines, unifying curious minds steeped
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  Speaker 1: in rigorous logical, mathematical, and computational reasoning. As we reveal
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  Speaker 1: the unseen mechanisms and processes that shape these evolving worlds,
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  Speaker 1: we see to use this understanding to promote the well
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  Speaker 1: being of humankind and life on Earth. Nobel Laureate Murray Gelman,
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  Speaker 1: who proposed the Quark model, founded SFI in nineteen eighty four.
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  Speaker 1: In the acknowledgment section of his nineteen ninety five book
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  Speaker 1: The Quark and the Jaguar, Gelman thanked Epstein for his
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  Speaker 1: financial support. Epstein's interest in transhumanism, among other things, manifested
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  Speaker 1: in the relationships he developed with academics and scientists affiliated
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  Speaker 1: with the SFI. This included Martin Nowak, an Austrian born
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  Speaker 1: professor of mathematics and biology at Harvard University known for
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  Speaker 1: his work in evolutionary dynamics, focusing on evolutionary theory and
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  Speaker 1: viral dynamics. Epstein and Noak regularly exchanged emails. On August tenth,
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  Speaker 1: twenty thirteen, Noak emailed Epstein, and they discussed a number
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  Speaker 1: of SFI scholars, including Nobel laureate Gelman and theoretical physicist
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  Speaker 1: Jeffrey West. Second twenty sixteen, Noak emailed Epstein commenting on
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  Speaker 1: Sidney Redner, an SFI affiliate whose research focused on non
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  Speaker 1: equilibrium statistical mechanics and network structure, stating I think he
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  Speaker 1: is cool for August. In another email, dated February twenty six,
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  Speaker 1: twenty seventeen, Noak let Epstein know that SFI president David
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  Speaker 1: Krackhauer is in Maui at present, but hopefully talking to
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  Speaker 1: him later today. Epstein and Noak. We're closer than these
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  Speaker 1: emails might suggest. The preface of Noak's two thousand and
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  Speaker 1: six textbook Evolutionary Dynamics, exploring the equations of Life, ends
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  Speaker 1: with I thank Jeffrey Epstein for many ideas and for
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  Speaker 1: letting me participate in his passionate pursuit of knowledge in
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  Speaker 1: all of its forms. Noak also benefited financially from his
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  Speaker 1: relationship with Epstein. In two thousand and three, Epstein donated
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  Speaker 1: six and a half million to Harvard to establish the
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  Speaker 1: Program for Plutionary Dynamics, which was led by Noak. The
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  Speaker 1: evidence further shows that this financial support allowed Epstein access
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  Speaker 1: to Harvard University facilities, including a key card, passcode, and
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  Speaker 1: an office. Subsequent to Epstein's conviction for solicitation of a prostitute,
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  Speaker 1: Harvard conducted a review of the Epstein Noak relationship, during
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  Speaker 1: which it discovered that Epstein had maintained access to personal
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  Speaker 1: office in Noak's lab for nine years and used the
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  Speaker 1: office over forty times, typically accompanied by young women serving
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  Speaker 1: as his assistant. Harvard shut down the ped and sanctioned
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  Speaker 1: Noak for his involvement with Epstein. Epstein interacted frequently with
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  Speaker 1: SFI associates with whom he had close ties. In a
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  Speaker 1: November tenth, twenty ten email, he was reminded of an
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  Speaker 1: upcoming meeting on the Frontiers of Complexity Science. On December fourth,
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  Speaker 1: twenty ten, theoretical physicist Lawrence Kraus wrote, Jeffree asked me
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  Speaker 1: to find out the dates of something which is happening
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  Speaker 1: at the Santa Fe Institute this month. I look forward
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  Speaker 1: to hearing from you. On March fourteenth, twenty twelve, Epstein
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  Speaker 1: received an email referencing the July fifteenth, sixteenth Santa Fe
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  Speaker 1: Institute The Science of Cities conference I'm attending. We'd love
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  Speaker 1: to see you. I think it's really hot during that
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  Speaker 1: time of year. Miss you. MIT. Professor and SFI expert
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  Speaker 1: on quantum information theory Seth Lloyd sent an email on
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  Speaker 1: January twenty seventh, twenty seventeen, stating, Dear Jeffrey, sorry, I
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  Speaker 1: was hung up all day meetings at the Santa Fe
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  Speaker 1: Institute the last few days. Also realize I don't have
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  Speaker 1: your phone number to call. Email correspondence also shows Epstein
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  Speaker 1: sometimes hosted SFI associates at his ranch. On June twenty fifth,
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  Speaker 1: twenty twelve, Leslie Groff emailed asking would you like me
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  Speaker 1: to touch base with who's staying at the ranch July
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  Speaker 1: fifteenth or sixteenth for the Science of the City's conference
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  Speaker 1: at Santa Fe Institute. She also wrote on July twenty sixth,
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  Speaker 1: twenty twelve, want to make sure y'all know Jeffrey West
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  Speaker 1: is to visit Jayee on the ranch on August ninth.
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  Speaker 1: Details have not been given yet. He's a professor at
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  Speaker 1: the Santa Fe Institute. On August seventh, twenty twelve, scientist
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  Speaker 1: and entrepreneur Adam Bly let Epstein know I'm at the
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  Speaker 1: Santa Fe Institute for a couple of days. Neuroscientist al
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  Speaker 1: Secl wrote Epstein on July sixteenth, two thousand and nine,
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  Speaker 1: letting him know, marry gentleman just invited me, Isabelle and
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  Speaker 1: Christine to celebrate his eightieth birthday at the Santa Fe
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  Speaker 1: Institute in mid September. It will be three days of
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  Speaker 1: celebrated talks. And al Secyl obviously was married to Glenn
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  Speaker 1: Maxwell's sister, and then of course he had an unfortunate
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  Speaker 1: fall off of a cliff. Would you be interested in attending?
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  Speaker 1: Seckel also seems to have invited himself to Epstein's ranch. Also,
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  Speaker 1: you once mentioned something about a property in the area
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  Speaker 1: and us visiting. Do you have a place for us
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  Speaker 1: to stay? Jeffrey West's assistant wrote an email on August tenth,
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  Speaker 1: twenty twelve, referencing an upcoming visit to the ranch. I
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  Speaker 1: met a mat for jeff for Jeffrey, but he mentioned
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  Speaker 1: that there is a marker on the road for the
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  Speaker 1: turn off to Jeffrey Epstein's ranch, and I wonder if
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  Speaker 1: you could tell me what it is and also give
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  Speaker 1: specific directions to the ranch. On July eleventh, twenty eleven,
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  Speaker 1: leslie Groff wrote, Jeffrey West Assistant, Hello, Jeffrey. Jeffrey Epstein
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  Speaker 1: is visiting the ranch and wondering if you might be
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  Speaker 1: around and have some time to see him. SFI affiliated
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  Speaker 1: scientists also asked for and took Epstein's money and attended
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  Speaker 1: conferences reflecting Epstein's intellectual interests, sometimes organized by Epstein at
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  Speaker 1: his residences. One such conference, referenced in a July tenth,
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  Speaker 1: twenty ten email between Epstein and Seckel, was hosted on
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  Speaker 1: Little Saint James and featured a program covering the following
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  Speaker 1: topics Artificial intelligence, complexity theory, new trends in theoretical physics,
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  Speaker 1: evolutionary biology, cognitive neuroscience, minimally invasive surgery, encryption and decryption,
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  Speaker 1: new financial systems and methods, Emerging technologies. The email notes
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  Speaker 1: that the conference is made possible by a generous grant
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  Speaker 1: from the Epstein Foundation. Gellman of the Santa Fe Institute
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  Speaker 1: was a confirmed attendee. In in August thirtieth, twenty fourteen email,
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  Speaker 1: Epstein conveyed that the publisher of Nautilus is asking for funds.
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  Speaker 1: The Commission is looking into reports that over the years
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  Speaker 1: Epstein donated two hundred and seventy five thousand dollars directly
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  Speaker 1: to SFI. This does not include donations made to individual
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  Speaker 1: SFI affiliated scientists such as Martin Noak. Investigative Area number
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  Speaker 1: five Financial Crimes and Irregularities and Recovery. This investigative area
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  Speaker 1: covers Epstein's use of money to leverage access and to
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  Speaker 1: silent victims and others. This investigative area also covers any
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  Speaker 1: financial crime at Epstein or any of his associates committed
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  Speaker 1: in New Mexico. Finally, this investigative area addresses whether remedies
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  Speaker 1: for recovering the damages were available and, if so, availed
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  Speaker 1: of for those victimized by Epstein. Subpoenas have been issued
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  Speaker 1: to Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan. Deutsche Bank has partially
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  Speaker 1: responded to the Commission subpoena and is indicated it will
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  Speaker 1: produce on a rolling basis bank records responsive to the
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  Speaker 1: subpoena to the same extent, bank records have been provided
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  Speaker 1: in response to prior investigations. Deutsche Bank has indicated the
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  Speaker 1: volume of these materials at approximately sixty thousand pages. The
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  Speaker 1: promised records have been partially made available and are pending
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  Speaker 1: retention of a financial analyst. JP Morgan has failed to
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  Speaker 1: respond to the Commission subpoena. JP Morgan is investigating whether
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  Speaker 1: the subpoena may have been misdirected. Past investigations have established
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  Speaker 1: that entities involved in management and operation of Zoro Ranch
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  Speaker 1: engaged in financial transactions that subject them to frequent scrutiny.
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  Speaker 1: For instance, Deutsche Bank flagged multiple compliance deficiencies requiring remediation
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  Speaker 1: under the know Yer Customer Review process. Also, a JP
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  Speaker 1: Morgan compliance note for the Zoro related entity states, please
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  Speaker 1: tag the UBO Ultimate Beneficial Owner as a PEP politically
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  Speaker 1: exposed person due to his close relationship with Bill Clinton
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  Speaker 1: and name redacted. This PEP designation tagging Epstein because of
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  Speaker 1: his political connections, triggered enhanced due diligence requirements that JP
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  Speaker 1: Morgan compliance officers documented, but that did not result in
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  Speaker 1: account closure until years later. In addition, TD Bank made
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  Speaker 1: a filing with Finsen under the Bank Secrecy Act flagging
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  Speaker 1: aggregate transactions of fourteen point sixty six million between Epstein
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  Speaker 1: related accounts and hb Are Associates Incorporated. Because bank and
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  Speaker 1: other records have not been fully produced and are appending
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  Speaker 1: detailed inspection and analysis the Commission at the time. At
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  Speaker 1: this time defers reporting on whether Epstein and others engaged
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  Speaker 1: in financial irregularities in New Mexico. Observations and continuing investigation
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  Speaker 1: review of the available evidence, including records produced in response
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  Speaker 1: to the Commission subpoenas, is incomplete, and ongoing findings and
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  Speaker 1: recommendations will be deferred until issuance of the final investigation report.
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  Speaker 1: If there are survivors who have yet to come forward
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  Speaker 1: or to be found, the Commission welcomes their reports and
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  Speaker 1: will do its utmost to find them. If there are
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  Speaker 1: perpetrators yet to identify, the Commission will do its utmost
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  Speaker 1: to find them. Observations. Given the record as it currently stands,
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  Speaker 1: it's possible and appropriate to make some obvious observations about
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  Speaker 1: the record, even while the investigation contemplates further actual refinement
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  Speaker 1: and revelation. First, Epstein maintained power and influence despite his
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  Speaker 1: sex offender status. The two thousand federal non prosecution Agreement
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  Speaker 1: allowed Epstein to continue his life largely uninterrupted until twenty nineteen,
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  Speaker 1: when he was picked up by federal authorities. He was
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  Speaker 1: first imprisoned in two thousand and eight two thousand and nine,
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  Speaker 1: and even when he was released from a Florida jail
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  Speaker 1: on work release for up to twelve hours a day
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  Speaker 1: until he was arrested in July two thousand nineteen by
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  Speaker 1: federal prosecutors in New York and indicted in Manhattan Federal
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  Speaker 1: Court on two counts, sex trafficking conspiracy Count one and
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  Speaker 1: sex trafficking of miners count two. He was able to
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  Speaker 1: abuse in New Mexico when he was ultimately charged. He
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  Speaker 1: was accused of sexually exploiting and abusing dozens of underage
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  Speaker 1: girls as young as fourteen at his homes in Manhattan
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  Speaker 1: and Palm Beach between two thousand and two and two
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  Speaker 1: thousand and five, with no charges related directly to New Mexico.
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  Speaker 1: Since his conviction for solicitation of prostitution from a minor
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  Speaker 1: in two thousand and eight, reports of Epstein's systematic abuse
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  Speaker 1: of women and girls was publicly known. Nonetheless, persons of
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  Speaker 1: the highest rank still took from Epstein's wealth and continued
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  Speaker 1: to vie for inclusion in his circle of friends. Government officials,
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  Speaker 1: law enforcement, university professors, scientists, lawyers, celebrities, and other persons
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  Speaker 1: with power and wealth continue to have relationships with Epstein
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  Speaker 1: and those within his operation. A second observation is that
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  Speaker 1: Epstein operated his systematic sex abuse operation in plain sight,
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  Speaker 1: making little effort to hide the evidence and indica of
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  Speaker 1: his criminal enterprise. Many of those invited to Epstein's circle
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  Speaker 1: would have seen the endless stream of young women and
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  Speaker 1: miners who were present on his aircraft and on his ranch.
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  Speaker 1: A third and final observation is that those in law
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  Speaker 1: enforcement most responsible for protecting New Mexicans from Epstein played
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  Speaker 1: a passive role in instigating them, letting others in Miami
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  Speaker 1: and New York do it. As a result, the conduct
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  Speaker 1: of Epstein and his co conspirators in New Mexico went
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  Speaker 1: unexamined and unpunished. Ongoing investigation, the Commission will continue its
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  Speaker 1: review and assimilation of records obtained by subpoena and other sources,
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  Speaker 1: will issue follow up subpoenas and process and will continue
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  Speaker 1: to interview witnesses, including those with personal knowledge of activity
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  Speaker 1: at Zoro Ranch. Governmental and law enforcement authorities with a
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  Speaker 1: responsibility to monitor and investigate Epstein and his co conspirators
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  Speaker 1: and other actors as identified in this interim report. Going forward,
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  Speaker 1: the Commission endeavors to uncover the truth so many for
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  Speaker 1: too long were blind to. All Right, folks, well that's
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  Speaker 1: going to do it for the New Mexico Interim report
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  Speaker 1: on Jeffrey Epstein. And when the next part comes out,
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  Speaker 1: we'll get that bad Boy added to the catalog as well.
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  Speaker 1: All the information that goes with this episode can be
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  Speaker 1: found in the description box.