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Trueblue Texan

(4,308 posts)
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 03:05 PM 9 hrs ago

Now we know why New Mexico didn't properly investigate Zorro Ranch evidence.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2675298743/

They were apparently one of several law enforcement agencies instructed to stand down in the investigation.
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Now we know why New Mexico didn't properly investigate Zorro Ranch evidence. (Original Post) Trueblue Texan 9 hrs ago OP
It appears that the powers that be thought this entire pedophile ring UpInArms 9 hrs ago #1
How does one pedophile become so powerful? Irish_Dem 9 hrs ago #2
Blackmail Wicked Blue 8 hrs ago #8
Had to be much more than that. Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #13
Epstein wasn't the only blackmailer Wicked Blue 7 hrs ago #17
I think Putin, CIA, Mossad, MI6. Irish_Dem 3 hrs ago #19
Absolutely Wicked Blue 1 hr ago #28
I'm also convinced it was more than the sex ring... Trueblue Texan 7 hrs ago #18
This is the ONLY explanation that makes any sense. Irish_Dem 3 hrs ago #20
Done. I think.nt Trueblue Texan 2 hrs ago #21
Absolutely! MuirHero 2 hrs ago #23
The FIRST Trump administration did the ordering. Kid Berwyn 9 hrs ago #3
THIS ... and certainly contributed to the fat asses KPN 8 hrs ago #10
It's so obvious. Baitball Blogger 9 hrs ago #4
If there are hidden graves at Aorro Ranch, John Farmer 9 hrs ago #5
So, where is this at? bluestarone 8 hrs ago #6
The state of New Mexico is investigating now. nt Trueblue Texan 2 hrs ago #22
Cover up of rape, murder, and kidnapping by Trump. Botany 8 hrs ago #7
Because he serves at Putin's pleasure Alice Kramden 8 hrs ago #9
Way bigger than Putin,it's global and it's the most powerful MerryBlooms 7 hrs ago #14
Is this the global Devil worshipping cult that QAnon was constantly squawking about? MuirHero 2 hrs ago #24
I think so too, but don't think it's a unitary conspiracy. Ilikepurple 1 hr ago #27
Trump seems to be Netanyu's puppet womanofthehills 2 hrs ago #26
Why is he still... GiqueCee 8 hrs ago #11
Guessing part of the reason is that blackmail is still going on Attilatheblond 8 hrs ago #12
Of course, and explains Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz, etc... MerryBlooms 7 hrs ago #15
Has Lindsey shown up to anything sober lately? Attilatheblond 2 hrs ago #25
The falling out between Trump and Epstein was probably due to trump MerryBlooms 7 hrs ago #16

UpInArms

(54,608 posts)
1. It appears that the powers that be thought this entire pedophile ring
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 03:11 PM
9 hrs ago

Would die with Epstein

Irish_Dem

(80,611 posts)
13. Had to be much more than that.
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 05:24 PM
7 hrs ago

Last edited Mon Feb 23, 2026, 09:19 PM - Edit history (1)

Extensive global sex ring involving the most powerful and rich men in the world.
If Epstein was black mailing them, they could have easy disposed of him sooner than they did.

He was untouchable even to them.

Wicked Blue

(8,793 posts)
17. Epstein wasn't the only blackmailer
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 05:47 PM
7 hrs ago

DJT might have been involved, Putin was involved, and who knows how many other powerful shady people in other countries were in on the blackmail.

Trueblue Texan

(4,308 posts)
18. I'm also convinced it was more than the sex ring...
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 05:48 PM
7 hrs ago

It was an international plot, stealing state secrets, blackmailing, manipulating markets, consolidating wealth, holding working families hostage to increase the wealth of an international oligarchy and concentrating power in the hands of a few very evil people. Accountability must be severe and guaranteed.

Irish_Dem

(80,611 posts)
20. This is the ONLY explanation that makes any sense.
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 09:21 PM
3 hrs ago

There is no way this was just a sex ring.
No way.

You should take this comment TT and make it an OP.
You are spot on.

Kid Berwyn

(23,906 posts)
3. The FIRST Trump administration did the ordering.
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 03:22 PM
9 hrs ago

From Raw Story:

A bombshell report revealed Monday that under the first Trump administration, the FBI appeared to have issued a “stand down” order to New York Police Department investigators regarding their criminal probe into Jeffrey Epstein, an order that came just five days after the disgraced financier’s arrest in 2019.

The existence of the supposed directive was revealed by law professor and legal scholar Ryan Goodman, who found it buried within the Justice Department's recent release of around 3.5 million files on Epstein.

“The directive applied to NYPD’s Special Victims Unit – the group specially trained and equipped to handle sex crimes and child abuse cases,” Goodman wrote in a report published Monday in Just Security, a non-partisan law and policy journal.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2675298743/

KPN

(17,263 posts)
10. THIS ... and certainly contributed to the fat asses
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 04:41 PM
8 hrs ago

determination to run again in 24. Actually, he kind of had to … or risk possibly being imprisoned for life.

Where the fuck was Garland? And Wray?! Oh yeah, Garland was an appeasement choice (i.e, right of center) for SCOTUS that McAsshole torpedoed and Biden appointed to show them!; and Wray was appointed by the fat-ass himself — another semi-appeasement in itself by demonstrably playing by the rules when the other side had thrown the rules out!

Admittedly subjective and partly unfair on my part — but in the end, that’s exactly how it kinda turned out and partly why we’re in this god/damned clusterfuck! It pretty darned frustrating and really really sucks!

Baitball Blogger

(52,004 posts)
4. It's so obvious.
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 03:27 PM
9 hrs ago

ANY TIME an intelligence agency in the US decides to stand down in an investigation, it should call for an investigation.

John Farmer

(390 posts)
5. If there are hidden graves at Aorro Ranch,
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 03:53 PM
9 hrs ago

They may well be hidden from the current owner.


The tech to examine the entire property for recent graves remains to be employed.

bluestarone

(21,839 posts)
6. So, where is this at?
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 03:59 PM
8 hrs ago

Anybody doing any investigating anywhere on that ranch? Not hearing anything.

Ilikepurple

(535 posts)
27. I think so too, but don't think it's a unitary conspiracy.
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 10:56 PM
1 hr ago

I think Epstein was just at the crossroads of many of the world’s nefarious doings whether political, financial, sexual, or military. Maybe too much for any country to want to open the can and let the worms fall out. I think if Putin had that kind of power over other leaders, he would have made more headway in the last 10 years. I’ll just say I don’t think it’s more than one conspiracy, but not the type where everybody’s on the same page except wanting to suppress or minimize evidence. Of course this is just me placing some narrative on what little I know to try to make sense out of it. I’ll be glad to modify my thoughts if more information ever gets out.

womanofthehills

(10,845 posts)
26. Trump seems to be Netanyu's puppet
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 10:43 PM
2 hrs ago

Most all Americans are against war with Iran but Trump doing what Netanyu wants. It must be some horrific stuff Epstein gave Israel.

In the Epstein files, Jeffry and Bannon are talking about Trump being a super borderline. Even the psychopaths calling out Trump for a personality disorder plus saying if he became president, the 25th amendment should be used. But the were all into money laundering around the whole world.

GiqueCee

(3,747 posts)
11. Why is he still...
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 04:43 PM
8 hrs ago

... stumbling around loose and not busy smearing feces all over his 8 x 10 cell?

Attilatheblond

(8,596 posts)
12. Guessing part of the reason is that blackmail is still going on
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 04:47 PM
8 hrs ago

GOP pols who went to Russia were idiots beyond compare.

Attilatheblond

(8,596 posts)
25. Has Lindsey shown up to anything sober lately?
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 10:38 PM
2 hrs ago

Every time he shows up in a news clip, he is extremely cranky and looks 3 sheets to the wind, as my mom used to say. That boy ain't been OK since those files started trickling out.

MerryBlooms

(12,207 posts)
16. The falling out between Trump and Epstein was probably due to trump
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 05:39 PM
7 hrs ago

Skimming money, or scamming people and taking money he wasn't sharing with the epstein enterprise. Trump tried to spin it to his advantage, any way possible. Trump was a partner, maybe not originally, but I believe, for some years.

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