New Mexico's Epstein investigation is being obstructed by Trump's DOJ, officials claim

Source: The Independent

Friday 10 July 2026 13:49 EDT


New Mexico officials are accusing Donald Trump’s Department of Justice of obstructing access to documents connected to the federal government’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein as the state performs its own probe into the sex offender’s alleged crimes at his Zorro Ranch property.

The state’s Attorney General Raúl Torrez is demanding immediate access to files requested by his office several months ago and suggested the Justice Department is now withholding those records despite what he called “verbal assurances” from the federal government.

New Mexico’s Department of Justice is investigating Epstein’s alleged crimes at the Santa Fe County property that was once owned by the wealthy and well-connected sex offender.

Torrez’s office requested records from the Justice Department more than 130 days ago, he wrote in a Thursday letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. But “access to the requested records has not been granted” and “no substantive response has been provided,” he wrote. His office “views this length of time as an unreasonable delay under any rule of reason,” Torrez added.

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