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Mr. Sparkle

(3,696 posts)
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:46 AM Yesterday

The state of New Mexico was investigating Jeffrey Epstein's ranch, but then the Department of Justice intervened.

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Source: Newrepublic.com

The state of New Mexico attempted to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s state residence in 2019. Then the Trump administration got involved.

Epstein’s Zorro Ranch, located roughly 30 miles south of Santa Fe in the high desert, was rumored to be a hotbed of illicit activity. Some of the notorious child sex offender’s victims, including Virginia Giuffre, claimed they were trafficked at the New Mexico estate, and emails issued by ranch staffers allege that at least two girls were killed and buried under the building by Epstein’s order, according to documents made public by the Justice Department via the Epstein files. Epstein even contemplated turning the estate, which he purchased in 1993, into a headquarters for genetic engineering experiments.

Yet somehow, the property—dubbed “Playboy Ranch” among locals—has never properly been investigated, according to New Mexico officials.

A report by The New York Times, published Monday, revealed that state officials had every intention to do so—until the first Trump administration intervened in 2019. The government ordered New Mexico to turn over its probe to federal prosecutors, but then they closed the case, according to recently unsealed records obtained by the Times.

Read more: https://newrepublic.com/post/207226/donald-trump-first-administration-investigation-epstein-ranch

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The state of New Mexico was investigating Jeffrey Epstein's ranch, but then the Department of Justice intervened. (Original Post) Mr. Sparkle Yesterday OP
The Pedophile Protection Program began the first day Trump first became King. Doodley Yesterday #1
who was AG 2019-2021, then from 2021-2025. republianmushroom Yesterday #2
Remember what happened to Bill Casey. Kid Berwyn 23 hrs ago #3
AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING Omaha Steve 23 hrs ago #4

Doodley

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1. The Pedophile Protection Program began the first day Trump first became King.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:59 AM
Yesterday

republianmushroom

(22,236 posts)
2. who was AG 2019-2021, then from 2021-2025.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 12:23 PM
Yesterday

Barr 2019 to Dec 2920, then guess who, Merrick the Meek 2021-2025, Surprise ?

Kid Berwyn

(24,004 posts)
3. Remember what happened to Bill Casey.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 03:10 PM
23 hrs ago

Guy took the heat for Iran-Contra, went into surgery and never talked again.

Omaha Steve

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4. AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 03:36 PM
23 hrs ago

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