New Mexico suing DOJ, Blanche for access to unredacted Epstein records in Zorro Ranch investigation

New Mexico is suing the Department of Justice (DOJ) for access to a set of unredacted Jeffrey Epstein records, alleging the agency is withholding documents that could aid the state’s investigation into the convicted sex offender’s alleged crimes at a remote ranch outside Santa Fe.

The 40-page complaint, which also names acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, accuses the DOJ of “stonewalling” the state probe into Zorro Ranch, a property reportedly mentioned thousands of times in the Epstein files where survivors say they were subjected to trafficking and sexual abuse.

“USDOJ and Acting Attorney General Blanche are refusing to facilitate the investigation of state law crimes by hiding information about Epstein and his co-conspirators from Attorney General Torrez and state law enforcement, when New Mexico is one of few jurisdictions that still may have an opportunity to hold Epstein’s associates accountable or otherwise provide some sense of justice to survivors,” lawyers wrote on behalf of New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez (D).

Torrez is asking a federal judge in the District of Columbia to declare the DOJ’s actions unlawful and grant his office access to full, unredacted copies of investigative files that the agency has purportedly refused to hand over, including a 2019 email from an anonymous sender that alleged two girls were buried in the hills near the ranch.

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