How Federal Prosecutors Shut Down New Mexico’s Epstein Probe (3/3/26)

0:00What's up everyone and welcome to another episode of the Epstein Chronicles. Right after Jeffrey Epstein's arrest in 2019, there were state investigations that were underway as well. And according to reports that we have now, the federal government killed these state investigations and made the states kick the case to the federal government. And previously we were talking about how the feds told the SDNY to stand down. Well, now we're hearing that the same direction was given to the authorities in New Mexico. So you have to ask yourself, why was the federal government so gung ho on being in control of everything when it comes to prosecuting Jeffrey Epstein, especially considering the first time around, they wanted to keep it at the state level. But now all of a sudden, it's a different story. You don't want the states involved. You don't want them looking into what happened. You don't want them looking into co-conspirators.

1:01Why not? What's the federal government trying to hide and why? Well, of course, we know now or at least we can speculate to a pretty good degree that Jeffrey Epstein was being protected because he was an asset. So the government had to protect their asset, right? And to do that, they had to have all the right pieces in place. They couldn't rely on the state to play ball because the state doesn't answer to the DOJ. So they had to make sure that they had the proper people there to facilitate the whole entire cover up. And boy, did they do that. So today, like usual, I have some receipts to share with you and to do that, we're going to take a look at an article from the Albuquerque Journal, headline feds asked New Mexico to halt its Epstein probe, former A.G. Belderes, cooperation between state and federal investigators was one way. And let's not forget that when the arrest happened, Trump was in office then too.

2:07So did he wipe love them? Sure looks that way. Obviously, we can't prove that yet, but that's the way it's looking. The author of this article is Olivier Udo Brock, federal prosecutors in 2019 asked New Mexico officials to halt their investigation and dissect trafficking activities at Jeffrey Epstein's oral ranch, agreeing to share information that potentially could have led to criminal charges here. And that is exactly what I reported when I was down in New Mexico. Those sources I was talking to said that they were told to stand down that the feds were going to take care of everything. Well, low and behold, now we have the receipts. New Mexico lived up to its end of the agreement, ending its investigation and providing police reports, recorded witness interviews and other investigative records to the U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York, former attorney general Hector Balderes said

3:09last week. And look, this is something that happens relatively often as far as, you know, a case being tried by the federal government as opposed to the state, depending on jurisdiction, depending on sovereignty and depending on who has the biggest penalty. So a lot of times you'll see this kind of deal happen where something gets, it gets kicked to the federal government or maybe gets kicked back down to the state level. If we're talking about, you know, petite policy or something, but when we're talking about a case like this continuously time and time again, where the fed stepped in and they told the state to stop investigating and then the feds themselves get stuck in the mud. What else are we supposed to think? I mean, negligent behavior and people doing a shitty job that only goes so far. And I think that we've reached that point a long time ago enough is enough Balderes, who served as attorney general from 2014 to 2022 said he's unaware that federal investigators

4:12provided any information to New Mexico officials that could have led to criminal prosecutions here. And I've always said that the states that were most affected should open state investigations as we speak and use dual sovereignty if they have to to go after people that were involved. I mean, they have the tools in their toolbox. The problem is a lot of them just don't have the courage to do it for whatever reason. Now it looks like New Mexico is starting to play ball a little bit and they're going to pursue this, which is good, but what about New York? I mean, the crimes that were committed in New York, it's very obvious they have a mountain of evidence and at the state level, they could use that evidence to go after prosecutions. And if the federal government won't do it, it's up to these state prosecutors to have the courage. Now of course, that's all based on the evidence, right? If there's evidence that could lead to prosecutions, that evidence should be acted upon.

5:12You see, like I've said a million times, but I'll say it again, the biggest problem here is there was never a real investigation. So anybody who's saying this has all been looked at is lying to you because there was never a real investigation and you see that right here. I mean, everybody kicks it up to the feds and then all we get from the feds is that narrow decision to go after Maxwell herself. I think it's relatively obvious at this point, but the federal government was trying to do. And that is being control of the whole entire thing. That way the narrative they want to pitch is a narrative that all their little lapdogs in the legacy media run with. And that's exactly what has happened time and time again. But anybody who's serious about the case knows there was never an investigation. And these files coming out have been the receipts to prove it. Cooperation between the two agencies was a one way relationship, he said, records released in January by the U.S. Department of Justice related to Epstein investigations, include letters

6:17and emails between Bauderis's office and federal prosecutors shed light on New Mexico's decision to scrap its investigation. Maybe somebody should have asked Bill Barr why his DOJ decided to do that. Look, if you're going to have the states kill their investigations and kick them up to you, then you have to do the right thing, right? You have to investigate and you have to prosecute. But I'm telling you right now, they were under the impression that what's in these files is so explosive that neither side was ever going to release them. So they knew they could do whatever they wanted pretty much as far as the investigation goes, because they were working under the assumption that we would never see it. But now that that has been shattered, they're scrambling to try and fill in the gaps and continue their cover up. But I don't think it's working, especially when you have people like Bauderis coming out and blowing their narrative directly out of the water. The request by federal prosecutors essentially gutted New Mexico's investigation into sex

7:22trafficking at Epstein's 7500 acre Zorro Ranch located 30 miles south of Santa Fe, Bauderis said. Bauderis now is president of Northern New Mexico College in Espanola. It makes a lot more sense now why his office wouldn't give me any information when I contacted them when I was down in New Mexico. If the feds took the case, well, they're not going to let the local office talk about what's going on, right? So they referred me to the DOJ and like usual, the DOJ told me to pound sand. But with this confirmation, it makes sense. The DOJ never had any desire to look deeper into what was going on in places like New Mexico or places like New York or places like Florida, even. It was all about the federal investigation so they could be in control so they could narrow the scope. And that's not speculation anymore.

8:22We have the evidence right here. We provided information to them to strengthen their prosecution. He said prosecutors made assurances. They would provide findings to New Mexico investigators. They were making the representation that they were going to prosecute with a multi-jurisdictional multi-state focus. Yeah, that's what they should have done. That's what the evidence required. This was a rico case. Spand states, spend jurisdictions, spend continents. But sure, let's just charge Golan Maxwell. While Derek's office also sent a letter in 2020, urging federal prosecutors to seize control of Zorro Ranch to preserve evidence, record show. Baldaris said he offered to assist, serving search warrants at the ranch, but never received a response and has no reason to believe prosecutors acted on the request. There was never, ever, ever, ever a raid of Zorro Ranch.

9:23One of the biggest problems. And now we're finding out there was never even an investigation or raid in Colorado either. But sure, tell me about that great investigation. That the federal government put forward when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein. Federal prosecutors asked New Mexico to halt its investigation to avoid risks of parallel investigations creating inconsistent statements that defense attorneys could exploit. Baldaris said none of the investigative records provided by New Mexico appear to be among the more than 3 million pages the documents released last month by the U.S. Department of Justice. So where's the documentation? Is Baldaris lying? I mean, I don't put a past them. But I have to default that it's the federal government. That's BS-ing us, because that's all they've been doing, and that's all they continue to do. In light of the recent disclosures, I remain very concerned that they did not disclose their share more information that they had in their possession.

10:26Baldaris said of federal investigators, he called the failure to work with state and state investigators a tactical mistake. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York did not respond last week to email messages seeking comment. New Mexico ended its investigation in July of 2019, shortly before Epstein died by suicide in August of 2019 while in custody, facing federal sex trafficking charges. I know, I know, just another coincidence. Attorney General Ronald Torres recently announced that the new Mexico Department of Justice is reopening its investigation into Epstein's oral ranch. Torres said in a February 18 statement that revelations outlined in the previously sealed FBI files weren't further investigation. Well, what do you know? They most certainly do. Attorney General Ronald Torres also said he plans to work with the legislative

11:30truth-finding commission created by the House earlier this month to investigate activities at Zorro Ranch. The former member commission will not have the ability to directly launch criminal investigations, but will be able to subpoena witnesses here testimony and coordinate with law enforcement agencies. So whatever they find, if they find anything, they'll have to take that to Ronald Torres and he'll have to decide what he's going to do with it. Torres also said he plans to work with the legislative truth-finding commission created by the House earlier this month to investigate activities at Zorro Ranch. The former member commission will not have the ability to directly launch criminal investigations, but will be able to subpoena witnesses here testimony and coordinate with law enforcement agencies. The House members appointed to the commission are state reps, Andreja Romero, Mariana Anaya, Andrea Reeb and Bill Hall.

12:32Reeb is a former prosecutor and Hall is a retired FBI agent, so they should be able to at least know what they're looking at, right? I mean, you would hope. Torres chief of staff, Lauren Rodriguez at Friday, that the new Mexico Department of Justice has not received any correspondence from federal prosecutors in New York since Torres took office in January of 2023. Valdera said he supports both Torres decision to revive the state investigation and law maker's formation of the truth-finding commission. Epstein ran a complex international sex trafficking operation that should have involved the attorney generals in several states, including New Mexico, Florida, and New York, where Epstein had homes. Valdera said the investigation should have been broadened, not narrowed, he said, while hallelujah. The fact that it was narrowed tells me what I need to know that this is, was, has been,

13:34and always will be, but cover up. Then an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York wrote an email September 8, 2019 that she had secured an agreement from Valdera's office to halt the state investigation into Zorro Ranch. The name of the email's recipient is redacted. In essence, they agreed to cease any investigation into sex trafficking and share whatever they had gathered to date regarding sex trafficking activity with our office, Ro Comey, who headed the criminal case against Epstein. Comey also worked on the prosecution of Glenn Maxwell, Epstein's co-defendant, who was convicted in 2022 of sex trafficking and other crimes, and sentenced to 20 years in prison, should have been 220 years, but here we are. We agreed that they were free to proceed with whatever other investigations unrelated to sex trafficking, they may have concerning Epstein, and told them that at the conclusion of

14:35our case, we would pass along any information we may have gathered about state crimes that were committed in their jurisdiction, she wrote. Well, why didn't they do that? Probably a good idea to subpoena Comey, right? See what she has to say. On September 17, 2019, about a month after Epstein's death, then chief deputy attorney general Clara Moran sent a letter to federal prosecutors that included an attachment containing police reports, recorded witness interviews, correspondence among state agencies, and documents related to Epstein's leasing of state public lands. New Mexico canceled a lease by an Epstein-owned company of 1,243 acres of state trust land, adjacent to Zorro Ranch, that dated to his purchase of the ranch in 93. Investigators suspected Epstein obtained the lease to announce privacy at the ranch, while Darius said, Moran now a second judicial district court judge confirmed last week

15:38that the attorney general's office was asked to halt its investigation, but declined to discuss details. In July of 2020, Darius office sent a letter to federal prosecutors urging them to seize Zorro Ranch to preserve criminal evidence such as files and video recordings. The letter signed by Moran urged federal prosecutors to use civil forfeiture process to obtain the ranch. We believe that this ranch was used by Epstein and others to facilitate the commission and prolong concealment of his trafficking of children, such that seizure may be pursued in conjunction with the pending criminal prosecution of Epstein's associates and co-conspirators, Moran wrote, but I thought there was none of that. No co-conspirators, no associates, he was a lone predator, just a lone wolf. He can purchase Zorro Ranch near Stanley from the family of former governor Bruce King in 1993 and built a 33,339 square foot mansion with a landing strip and other structures.

16:41Epstein's estate sold the ranch to Texas real estate mogul Don Huffins in 2023 for an undisclosed price. Huffins reportedly has pledged to cooperate. Well, isn't that nice? After all the constructions done already, after the house has been knocked down, but sure, thank you. But honestly, it's not even his fault. It's the fault of the federal government and New Mexico for letting the federal government dogwalk them. Well, there is said that he offered local law enforcement assistance, serving warrants at the property. We were never informed whether they obtained search warrants or searched the property, he said. I was calling for them to seize those assets in 2020 because I determined at that point there was enough information that potential criminal acts have occurred there, he said. The assets should have been seized. I continue to take that position today. Well, I take that position too, and have you noticed that every time there's something wrong here, it always bounces in the favor of Jeffrey Epstein and his friends?

17:43There's never a bounce that comes our way, right? But sure, I guess it's all just coincidence, and that Jeffrey Epstein just had the luck of the Irish, or could it be that all of this was by design? All the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box. All the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box. All the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box. All the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box. All the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box. All the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box. All the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box. All the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box. All the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box. All the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box. All the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box.